Latest updates: opposition parties denounce plan as ‘shameful’ and ‘evil’; home secretary Priti Patel in Kigali today to unveil more details
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, has described the plan to send people seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda as “despicable”.
Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, says an Australian plan for offshoring refugees, similar to the one being announced by Boris Johnson, cost £1.7m per person.