UK removes first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda via voluntary scheme

The unnamed man is the first to have voluntarily moved to Rwanda after being offered up to £3,000 financial aid and sent on a commercial flight to the central African country, the PA news agency understands.

The voluntary scheme, which was widened to include Rwanda earlier this year, is separate from the Government’s plan to deport to the East African country people crossing the Channel in small boats.

Kemi Badenoch said the news that the unnamed man had moved to Rwanda after being offered up to £3,000 to do so should be “trumpeted”.

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