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Sami Quadri

Rwanda says it can only bring in 200 migrants from UK under controversial deportation scheme

Britain stands to lose £120m it has paid to Rwanda if the plan to deport migrants is ruled unlawful by the courts (Gareth Fuller/PA)

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The Rwandan government has defended the controversial asylum agreement but said it only has the capacity to hold 200 migrants currently.

The African nation had originally agreed to take up to 1,000 migrants from the UK in a trial deal worth £120million.

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