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Melissa Chemam with RFI

UK signs new migration treaty with Rwanda

Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta attend a joint press conference after signing a new treaty, in Kigali on 5 December 2023. AFP - BEN BIRCHALL

Britain and Rwanda signed a new treaty on Tuesday in a bid to revive a controversial proposal by London to transfer migrants to the east African country.

The agreement was signed by Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta and British Home Secretary James Cleverly, who travelled to Kigali to salvage London's stalled bid to send migrants to Rwanda after the UK Supreme Court blocked an earlier arrangement as unlawful.

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