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Al Jazeera
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Alasdair Soussi

Rwanda row: PM Sunak, who pledged to ‘stop the boats’, faces crucial test

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, meets Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Downing Street in London on May 4, 2023 [File: Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

Glasgow, United Kingdom – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spent the weekend trying to persuade rebel MPs from his own party to back his latest plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda ahead of a crucial House of Commons vote on the policy.

The embattled Conservative Party leader wants to hand over refugees and migrants to the African nation for potential resettlement in a bid to discourage people from crossing the English Channel to Britain in small boats.

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