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British PM Sunak defends plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a news conference inside the Downing Street Press Briefing Room, in central London, on December 7, 2023 [James Manning/Pool via AFP]

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has defended his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, a day after his immigration minister resigned over “strong disagreements with the direction” of the government’s immigration policy.

Sunak appealed to his Conservative MPs on Thursday to unite behind the plan as the issue left his party in disarray.

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