UK announces plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

By Abigail Adcox

Published April 14, 2022 5:15pm ET

UK announces plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda — A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, England, by the RNLI, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Thursday April 14, 2022. Britain's Conservative government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers thousands of miles away to the East African country. Opposition politicians and refugee groups are condemning the plan as unworkable, inhumane and a waste of public money.

The United Kingdom has a plan to curb asylum-seekers from making the perilous journey across the English Channel through smuggling networks.

As part of a new “economic development” partnership between the British and Rwandan governments, tens of thousands of migrants could be sent to Rwanda to complete the asylum process.

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