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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Boris Johnson abandons hopes of sending first asylum-seekers to Rwanda within ‘weeks’

PA Wire

Boris Johnson has abandoned his aim to send the first asylum-seekers to Rwanda this month, in the first sign of the controversial deportation plan hitting trouble.

When the “one way ticket” agreement was signed last month, No 10 said it expected the first flights to the central African state to take off within “weeks” and before the end of May.

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