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Under fire for its new immigration law, the United Kingdom has deported its first asylum seeker to Rwanda, as part of a voluntary program for migrants who have News

The UK has sent the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme.

The United Kingdom has sent the first asylum-seeker whose asylum application was denied to Rwanda through a voluntary scheme. The plan is separate from the government's forced deportation program.

A failed asylum seeker accepted an offer of up to £3,000 to relocate to the African country under a voluntary scheme.

A failed asylum seeker accepted an offer of up to £3,000 to relocate to the African country under a voluntary scheme.

The first asylum seeker has been sent to Rwanda by the UK government

Britain has sent its first asylum seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme, The Sun Newspaper reported on Tuesday, saying the unnamed migrant was flown out of the country on Monday.The voluntary scheme is separate to a forced deportation programme that B

The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial plan. The figures come days after the scheme aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became...

The detentions come following the passage of the Safety of Rwanda Act, which declared the central African nation a safe country for failed asylum seekers to be sent to.

Rwanda's Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, a prominent opposition figure and government critic, has filed a case before the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) seeking a re-establishment of her civic rights,…