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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Doherty in Sydney and Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby

Rwandans arrive in Australia after perilous journey to claim asylum

Saibai Island from the air, in the Torres Strait, north Queensland
Saibai Island, in the Torres Strait, north Queensland. The arrival of five Rwandans comes as the UK pushes to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, a policy inspired by Australia’s ‘offshore processing’. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

As the UK government continues its push to forcibly remove asylum seekers to Rwanda, a group of Rwandan nationals has claimed asylum in Australia after arriving by boat on a remote island.

The five men arrived in Australia by an unconventional route, reportedly flying into the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, to be granted visas on arrival, before travelling thousands of kilometres east to Indonesia’s Papua province, where they crossed the land border it shares with Papua New Guinea (PNG).

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