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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont

Rwanda’s history of receiving deportees raises concerns for potential UK scheme

A group of people being brought to shore by Border Forcer officers, after a small boat incident in the Channel. Reported proposals also include using the armed forces to push back small boats crossing the Channel.
People being brought to shore by Border Forcer officers at Dover, after a small boat incident in the Channel. Reported proposals also include using the armed forces to push back small boats crossing the Channel. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Rwanda – one of two African countries to which the UK government is reportedly considering sending asylum seekers for resettlement and processing – was previously embroiled in a highly controversial migrant deportation scheme involving Israel.

Although few details have emerged after a report in the Times that migrants could be sent to Ghana and Rwanda, Rwanda’s previous involvement in receiving African deportees from Israel raises serious concerns over whether – even with UK funding – it has the resources or even willingness to host deportations.

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