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Could Germany resurrect Britain’s Rwanda migrant scheme?

6 September 2024

8:39 PM

6 September 2024

8:39 PM

When Keir Starmer became Prime Minister he immediately dumped the Tories’ Rwanda deportation scheme. The Labour leader said the £310 million scheme, under which those seeking asylum in Britain would be sent to Africa, was ‘dead’ and ‘buried’. But Germany is now considering resurrecting the plan and using Rwanda as a third party country for migrants with facilities paid for by Britain.

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