Tens of thousands of asylum seekers will be sent from the UK to Rwanda on a one-way ticket under a package of measures to curb illegal migration.
Boris Johnson pledged today to end the small boat crisis in the Channel with the first migrants expected to receive formal notice within weeks that they will be sent to Africa. The first flights will take off in the “coming months”, it is understood.
The Rwandan government will receive £120 million as part of the trial scheme. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61045950
Migrants who arrive in the UK will be assessed initially by Home Office officials to determine whether they are economic migrants or genuine asylum seekers who have fled persecution in their home countries. It is not yet known how long this
