Home Office Explores Voluntary Deportation to Rwanda

Published on March 13, 2024

Foreigners who don’t have the right to stay in the UK but can’t be deported to their home countries could be asked to move to Rwanda under a new scheme, the Home Office confirmed on Tuesday. It comes after The Times of London reported that failed asylum seekers, foreign criminals, and other migrants with no right to remain in the UK could be offered thousands of pounds if they go to the east African country voluntarily. According to the outlet, the scheme will use the existing structure designed for small boat arrivals that hasn’t been used because the policy to relocate them is yet to overcome legal roadblocks....

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