Rwanda Plan Expanded to Include Failed Asylum Seekers

Failed asylum seekers will be detained and forcibly removed to Rwanda, after London and Kigali agreed to extend the cohort of those eligible for deportation to the east African country, the government has announced. Those “who have had an earlier protection or human rights claim refused or withdrawn and are unable to appeal their decision, can now expect to be removed to Rwanda,” the Home Office has said in a statement published to their website on Wednesday. Previously, these measures related to those who arrived in the country illegally after Jan. 1, 2022 and whose asylum claims were deemed inadmissible, such as the asylum seekers who arrive illegally in small boats after crossing the English Channel....