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Evening Standard
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Jitendra Joshi

Minister defends plan to pay thousands for migrants to go to Rwanda voluntarily

The Government on Wednesday defended proposals to pay thousands to encourage failed asylum seekers to move to Rwanda voluntarily, as its deportation plan struggles to get off the ground.

The proposals are separate to the plan to force people to relocate to the East African nation, which has suffered setbacks in the courts and is enduring a difficult passage through Parliament.

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