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JAMES Cleverly has today sealed a beefed-up deal with Rwanda which he hopes will get migration flights off the ground by next spring.

The Home Secretary inked the treaty with his counterpart in Kigali this afternoon during a whistle-stop trip to the African country. Downing Street this morning said the agreement would help meet Rishi Sunak's pledge to begin removals within months.

Emergency legislation to declare Rwanda a "safe country" in the hope of avoiding more legal challenge is also expected this week.

Today's fresh treaty with Rwanda is supposed to reassure the Supreme Court, which ripped the plan apart last month.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick told Cabinet the deal was "substantially" more "robust" than the one first agreed in 2022.