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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Politics
Callum Conway-Shaw

Home Office Reveals The Government Paid Rwanda A Further £100m This Year

18 Tory MPs have reportedly submitted no-confidence letters to the PM as he faces a rebellion on both wings of his party. (Credit: UK PARLIAMENT via AFP/Jessica TAYLOR)

The UK Government has given Rwanda a further £100m this year as part of its deal to relocate asylum seekers there.

The substantial payment was made in April of this year, the Home Office's top civil servant said in a letter to MPs, after £140m had already been sent to the African nation.

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