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UK Unveils New Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
In a move to curb illegal immigration and human trafficking, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the U.K. will begin sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. The program will be initially aimed at the increasing volume of single men trying to enter the country by small boats, a growing problem in the U.K.’s ongoing battle over unsustainable illegal immigration.
In a move to curb illegal immigration and human trafficking, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the U.K. will begin sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. The program will be initially aimed at the increasing volume of single men trying to enter the country by small boats, a growing problem in the U.K.’s ongoing battle over unsustainable illegal immigration.
The pilot scheme would initially focus mainly on single men arriving on boats or lorries and would see them given a one-way ticket to Rwanda where they would be processed and, if successful, would have long-term accommodation in the African country.
Home Secretary Priti Patel, who travelled to Rwandan capital Kigali to sign the deal, said the “vast majority” of those arriving in the UK “illegally” would be considered for relocation to Rwanda.
The Prime Minister says the move is necessary to disrupt the flow of “economic immigrants” and human trafficking gangs who take advantage of them.