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Kate Lally

Rwanda asylum plan: UK will take in Rwandan refugees in return

The UK will welcome vulnerable Rwandan refugees as part of a scheme that will see some asylum seekers sent to the African nation.

The Prime Minister has defended his plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda on a one-way ticket after reported criticism from the Prince of Wales. Boris Johnson said the move is necessary to stop illegal people-smuggling rackets on either side of the Channel, despite intense criticism from human rights groups and concerns raised by the Archbishop of Canterbury over the plan.

Rwandan high commissioner Johnston Busingye told The Telegraph that his country will be a "safe haven" for migrants, after The Times and the Daily Mail reported that the Prince of Wales allegedly said in private that the policy is "appalling".

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