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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
May Bulman

Minister refuses to rule out that Ukrainian refugees could be deported to Rwanda

REUTERS

A Home Office minister has refused to rule out that Ukrainian refugees could be deported to Rwanda under Priti Patel’s new asylum policy.

Speaking to MPs on Wednesday, immigration minister Tom Pursglove said that decisions to ship asylum seekers to the east African country would be considered on a “case by case basis” – and did not deny that people who have fled Ukraine could be among them.

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