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Ikaba Koyi

Analysis: Rwanda-UK asylum deal may cause regional refugee crisis

Demonstrators display placards during a protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice while a legal case is heard over halting a planned deportation of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, in London, UK, June 13, 2022 [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

Later today, eight asylum seekers will get on a chartered flight heading to Rwanda from the United Kingdom, as part of a controversial £120m deal between both countries.

According to the UK Home Office, the deal, signed in April, is “designed to disincentivise dangerous and unnecessary journeys such as small boat crossings, save lives and prevent injuries”, and ultimately fix the UK’s immigration system.

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