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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Boris Johnson's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda already hit by delays

Boris Johnson's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is already being hit by delays as No10 admitted it could be "months" before the first flights leave.

The Prime Minister announced the controversial scheme last month, in an attempt to curb rising numbers of people making the perilous Channel crossing in small boats.

Under the five-year deal with Rwanda, people deemed to have travelled to the UK illegally would be flown 4,000 miles to the central African state for processing.

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