HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel sparked fresh anger today after accusing her Rwanda asylum deal critics of failing to provide their own solutions to tackling trafficking gangs. 

In a joint article in The Times with Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, Ms Patel defended plans to transfer asylum-seekers on a one-way ticket to the east African country for processing. 

Claiming the proposals would help end the “deadly trade” of people trafficking, she wrote: “We are taking bold and innovative steps and it’s surprising that those institutions that criticise the plans fail to offer their own solutions.