What is the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda and how many could go?


by BBC News

BBC News— The UK government has passed new legislation to let it send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

BBC News—Rwanda plan: Irish government wants to send asylum seekers back to UK. Taoiseach asks justice minister to bring forward legislation so asylum seekers can be returned to the UK.

Vanguard News—UK sends first voluntary asylum seeker to Rwanda. the first asylum seeker has been deported to Rwanda under Rishi Sunak’s migrant crackdown. The migrant, whose name is unknown, was flown out of the UK yesterday evening and arrived in Kigali. Sources admitted to The Times that there was significant risk that they could have absconded now that the deportation bill has passed through

The Guardian—UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east AfricaHow the UK government’s Rwanda deportation plan was fought in courtRishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually backed down on amending it, opening the way for legal battles over the potential removal of dozens of people seeking asylum.After a marathon battle of “ping pong” over the key legislation between the Commons and the Lords, the bill finally passed...