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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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David Bond

Boris Johnson sets out plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda amid furious backlash

A furious row broke out on Thursday over government plans to send “tens of thousands” of asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing.

Although the move was branded “irresponsible” and unworkable by opposition politicians and human rights groups, the Prime Minister used a landmark speech at Lydd Airport in Kent to insist the new hardline immigration policy would be “fully compliant” with Britain’s international legal obligations.

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