Asylum seekers ‘to be flown from UK to Rwanda to be processed’
The Metro says asylum seekers will be flown some 4,000 miles to Rwanda for processing under new government plans due to be announced on Thursday.
The announcement will come as ministers face pressure to tackle the number of people attempting to reach the UK by making dangerous crossings of the Channel in small boats.
Boris Johnson is set to argue that action is needed to combat the ‘vile people smugglers’ turning the ocean into a ‘watery graveyard’.
But charities have described the plans as a ‘cruel and nasty decision’ to ‘offshore’ asylum seekers.
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