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New U.K. Prime Minister Starmer says controversial Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead and buried’

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The Rwanda plan was one of the showcase policies of former Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to try to curb migrants from making dangerous English Channel crossings.. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on July 6 that he is scrapping a controversial Conservative policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. “The…

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Explained | Why did densely populated Rwanda agree to the U.K.’s plan to deport migrants?

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The story so far: Last week, the British authorities deported an asylum seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary returns scheme and started detaining other migrants in the country in preparation for deportations to the East African nation by July as part of a separate contentious immigration law passed by the United Kingdom Parliament last month. The…

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