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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.

“So you are going to show the lives of young, poor, African, gay sex workers to the world. Why? And who wants to watch that?” That stung. Twelve years later, it still stings.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he expected the first flights to take off in 10 to 12 weeks.

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An internal document revealed that officials are only in touch with 2,143 of the 5,700 people earmarked to be on the first flights to the African state.

Mai Mahiu (AFP) April 29, 2024 - At least 46 people including children died when a makeshift dam burst its banks in Kenyas Rift Valley in the early hours of Monday, a local official said, as torrential rains and floods battered the country.

The UK and Ireland are embroiled in a bad-tempered spat over claims large numbers of asylum seekers are crossing to avoid being deported to the African state.

Thousands of asylum seekers eligible for deportation to Rwanda have stopped reporting to the Home Office, a document shows.

A senior minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday said that the country will deport nearly 6000 migrants to Rwanda this year. This comes days after the UK government published new details on the controversial deportation plan said to be aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from Northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary wrangling. 

Priti Patel criticises government failures over Rwanda deportations