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UK sends first asylum seeker to Rwanda, plans to deport nearly 6,000 migrants this year

A worker cleans an outdoor kitchen at Hope Hostel, which is getting ready to welcome the migrants from the United Kingdom, in Kigali, Rwanda, on 24 April 2024. © AFP - Guillem Sartorio

Britain has sent a first asylum seeker to Rwanda, British media reported on Tuesday, a week after adopting a controversial law allowing irregular migrants to be deported to the east African country.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government has made the fight against illegal migration a priority as it hopes to recover ground on the main opposition Labour party ahead of an expected general election later this year.

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