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Negotiations and discussions and we are going to be given a document later today which will explain how this will work. in essence, it is basically taking people who arrive in the uk as asylum seekers but have arrived by what the government describes as an illegal unofficial route. they will then be deemed inadmissible for the asylum process inadmissible for the asylum process in the uk. they will be regarded as illegal migrants and on the basis of that will be forcibly repatriated to rwanda, a country that for the vast majority they will have never been to. when they get here there is an accommodation block, which we ve seen this morning, which may be the first place some of them will go to. about a hundred or so. after that, the rwandans will do the process. they will decide whether that person is a genuine refugee. if they are they will then be entitled to remain in rwanda, to be a part of this country plus macro economic development. if they aren t, they ....
Will be repatriated to their country of origin in the normal way by the rwandan authorities. at the moment it looks as if there is going to be legal checks on this. it ll be decided in the court at some stage. the ambition is very significant. 0ne the ambition is very significant. one of the home office advisers has just told me that the government hopes this scheme in the end will see tens of thousands of migrants moved from the uk down to rwanda. we do hope to bring you more reaction on this news today in the coming moments. do stay with us for that. ukraine is claiming to have carried out a missile attack on the flagship of russia s black sea fleet, setting it on fire. the russians admit the moskva has been badly damaged but they say it was because ammunition on board exploded. it s thought there were about 500 crew on board. it is 50 days today since russia s invasion and the start of the war. 0ur correspondent anna foster ....
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Some people who arrive in the uk illegally are to be sent to rwanda with the prime minister saying our compassion is infinite but our capacity to help people is not. some people refused permission to stay in the uk will instead be sent 4,000 miles to east africa. it s part of a range of measures to try to cut the number of people crossing the english channel in small boats. the government sees it as a way to reduce illegal migration. but critics have called the plans cruel . last year, almost 29,000 people crossed the english channel in small boats. yesterday alone, 600 people made the crossing. at least 44 drowned in 2021. the uk is expected to give £120 million to the rwandan government under a trial scheme. borisjohnson says rwanda is one of the safest countries in the world but last year at the united nations, the uk demanded investigations into killings, disappearances and torture in the country. australia and other countries have already tried the controversial policy of se ....