“The government has no excuse. All that is lacking, it seems, is the will and attention of the current administration," one MP said.

The plane departed from Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.

Johnson said “we are now staring at a generation of bloodshed and misery”.

One of the Tories opposing the plans is Jacob Rees-Mogg, who reportedly thinks that people should be able to choose whether to buy goods made in a cruel manner or not.

EXCLUSIVE: Whilst many European countries have ranked above the worldwide average of women applicants for international patents, the UK has stayed behind the global average.

He urged prime minister Boris Johnson to oppose the EU as much as he opposes Russia’s treatment of Ukraine.

Migrants at Work raised the issue with the Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom, tweeting it goes against the Brexit deal signed by the UK and the EU.

After it struggled to convince the US to sign a big post-Brexit trade deal, the UK is setting its sights lower.

"It would be a tragedy and frankly a scandal if future generations were denied that opportunity.”