UK Wants First Batch of Illegal Immigrants Flown to Rwanda in Weeks: Official

UK Wants First Batch of Illegal Immigrants Flown to Rwanda in Weeks: Official
A group of people on board the Dover lifeboat following a small boat incident in the English Channel are brought in to Dover, Kent, England, on Nov. 11, 2021. Gareth Fuller/PA
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The UK government wants to send the first batch of illegal immigrants arriving under a scheme designed to deter human smuggling to Rwanda in a matter of weeks, a Downing Street official has said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on April 14 that people who enter the UK illegally may end up being relocated to the African country of Rwanda.