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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Sunak to give Rwanda £50m if deportation bill passed into law

Rishi Sunak with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame on the steps of 10 Downing Street on 9 April.
Rishi Sunak with Rwanda's president Paul Kagame on the steps of 10 Downing Street on 9 April. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak will hand over £50m to Rwanda as soon as his flagship deportation bill is passed into law, it emerged on Monday.

On Monday night, MPs voted through plans to forcibly send asylum seekers to east Africa if they arrived in the UK via small boats. The bill, one of the most controversial pieces of legislation passed in decades, is expected to pass into law at some point this week after further criticisms and amendments in the Lords.

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