Seven asylum reported to face the first Rwanda deportation flight later today

Seven asylum seekers are reported to be scheduled for Rwanda's first deportation flight later today.According to the Independent, the Care4Calais group revealed that only seven were approved for deportation on today's flight.Many individuals have been appealing against deportation, causing the number of people facing removal to decrease.In an interview with Sky News, foreign secretary Liz Truss could not confirm the number of migrants that would be on tonight's flight.

She did however state that even if people do not get deported today, they will face the next deportation.Truly stated: "We are expecting to send the flight later today."I can't say exactly how many people will be on the flight."But the really important thing is that we establish the principle and we start to break the business model of these appalling people traffickers who are trading in misery."There will be people on the flight and if they are not on this flight they will be on the next flight."

Many groups, religious leaders and politicians have spoken out against the Rwanda deportation.Lucy Powell, Labour's shadow culture secretary, told Sky News: "We think this policy is unworkable... it's incredibly expensive. It's going to cost possibly over a million pounds per unsuccessful or successful refugee going to Rwanda. And we do think it's unethical - and it's quite un-British actually.

"We've been known around the world as a safe haven for those genuinely fleeing persecution and war - it's been part of our make-up in this country for decades."Along with 23 other bishops, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York also wrote a letter to the Times saying that people are not trying to"understand the predicament" of the asylum seekers.The letter read:

"Whether or not the first deportation flight leaves Britain today for Rwanda, this policy should shame us as a nation."The shame is our own because our Christian heritage should inspire us to treat asylum seekers with compassion, fairness and justice, as we have for centuries."Care4Calais founder Claire Mosely told the Independent: "We'll have to fight every single case individually. We're very hopeful all of them will be removed from the flight list by tomorrow."