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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Dan Bloom

Rwanda asylum seeker scheme may face court fight as Boris Johnson sends Navy into Channel

Boris Johnson has admitted his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will face legal challenges - and won't happen "overnight".

The Prime Minister unveiled a controversial scheme to fly people who have arrived "illegally" in the UK since January 1 to the East African country - despite nearly two-thirds being deemed genuine refugees.

Asylum seekers will then be encouraged to settle in the east African nation permanently while they wait.

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