UK minister in Rwanda to sign deal on asylum seekers

The British Home Secretary is in Rwanda to sign a deal that will offshore some of the UK’s asylum processing to the African country.

‘Single men who pay smugglers to get them into Britain on small boats will be sent to Rwanda to have their asylum claims assessed.’

Charities have condemned the scheme as cruel.

The UK government has been “under mounting pressure to do something about the thousands of people arriving in southern England, mainly from France.”

Home Secretary Priti Patel has termed her arrival in Kigali a “significant moment for the new plan for immigration.”

She tweeted that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Thursday set out the full details of the deal.

BBC /Shakirat Sadiq