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UK plans to pay asylum seekers to move to Rwanda

Migrants huddle together under blankets, brought to port by the UK Border Force after being picked up while crossing the English Channel from France, on April 14, 2022 [Glyn Kirk/AFP]

The United Kingdom’s government is considering plans to pay asylum seekers whose applications have failed up to 3,000 British pounds ($3,840) to move to Rwanda.

The proposed scheme, part of a deal struck with Rwanda, was drawn up by ministers with the aim of clearing a backlog of tens of thousands of asylum seekers who have been refused the right to stay, but cannot be returned to countries deemed unsafe.

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