UK Approves Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda

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After facing resistance and demands for amendments from the House of Lords, a controversial United Kingdom government bill proposing to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has finally secured approval.

After facing resistance and demands for amendments from the House of Lords, a controversial United Kingdom government bill proposing to sendto Rwanda has finally secured approval. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed that the government had made arrangements, including chartering commercial jets, to initiate deportation flights within a few months.

Rwanda's government says it is"pleased" about the UK's decision to pass a bill allowing to send irregular asylum seekers to the African country. But many, including the UN,… Following the United Kingdom Parliament's passage of the"Safety of Rwanda" bill, two top UN officials sounded an alarm on Tuesday about its harmful impact on global…

The British Parliament is once again voting on a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the flights will go ahead"come what may."

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