Tens of thousands of migrants with failed asylum applications will ‘be offered thousands of pounds to move to Rwanda’
Tens of thousands of migrants with failed asylum applications will be offered money to voluntarily move to Rwanda under new legislation proposed by the government.
A new agreement made between the UK and Rwandan government means that migrants could choose to be sent to Rwanda when they have no legal right to remain in the UK but cannot return to their home country.
Tens of thousands of people in the UK have had their asylum application rejected and the arrangement would be open to them meaning thousands of migrants could be removed.
It will use the existing voluntary returns system and schemes that offer up to £3,000 in assistance for failed asylum seekers to return to their country of origin, The Times reported.