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UK announces controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

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By Radina Gigova, Sharon Braithwaite, Jorge Engels, Sarah Diab and Bethlehem Feleke, CNN People seeking asylum in the UK could now be relocated to Rwanda under a controversial new scheme blasted by international human rights groups as “shockingly ill-conceived” and contrary to international obligati…

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  1. France 24

    UK to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda (opens France 24)

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    Britain is to send migrants and asylum-seekers who cross the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda, according to a controversial deal announced Thursday as the government tries to clamp down on r…

  2. Deutsche Welle

    UK unveils plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    British Premier Boris Johnson has announced a proposal to send unauthorized migrants to Rwanda for processing. The African country has in the past been slammed for a range of human rights violations.

  3. The Guardian

    ‘There was no way to come here legally’: asylum-seeker in UK slams Rwanda plans (opens The Guardian)

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    Omar from Afghanistan says plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will not tackle human trafficking

  4. The Guardian

    Thursday briefing: UK may send asylum seekers to Rwanda (opens The Guardian)

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    Government set to unveil new measures for refugee claimants … Johnson faces more Partygate fines … and Gibraltar’s trash mountain

  5. Sioux City Journal

    UK plan to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws outrage (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    Britain's Conservative government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers thousands of miles away to the East African country. Opposition politicians and refugee groups are condemning the

  6. Los Angeles Times

    U.K. plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda draws outrage (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Britain's Conservative government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum seekers thousands of miles away to the East African country.

  7. The Conversation US

    Outsourcing asylum seekers: the case of Rwanda and the UK (opens The Conversation US)

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    The choice of Rwanda has a logic about it. But it’s also controversial.

  8. MyNorthwest

    UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws criticism (opens MyNorthwest)

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    LONDON (AP) -- The British government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers to the African country, a move that opposition politicians

  9. The Times of Israel

    UK criticized for planning to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The plan, referred to by the British government as an 'economic development partnership,' would see refugees arriving in UK flown to Rwanda while their asylum claims are processed

  10. RedState

    U.K. Unveils New Plan To Send Asylum Seekers To Rwanda (opens RedState)

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    U.K. illegal immigration activists call the plan "cruel"

  11. Christian Science Monitor

    UK wants to fly asylum-seekers to Rwanda: Is that humane? (opens Christian Science Monitor)

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    The U.K. government is set to sign an “economic development partnership’’ with Rwanda that will relocate asylum seekers to the East-African country. The deal has drawn outrage from opposition and refugee groups for being inhumane, ineffective, and wasteful.

  12. France 24

    UK's plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda deemed 'inhumane' by rights groups (opens France 24)

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    The British government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers to the African country, a move that opposition politicians and refugee groups condemned as unworkable and inhumane.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    UK to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    British Premier Boris Johnson has announced that the UK will send unauthorized migrants to Rwanda for processing. The African country has in the past been slammed for a range of human rights violations.

  14. The Guardian

    UK plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda sparks fierce criticism (opens The Guardian)

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    Politicians, charities and rights groups condemn plans as ill-conceived, inhumane and evil

  15. The Guardian

    UK asylum seekers sent to Rwanda? That takes punishment of fellow humans to a new level | Enver Solomon (opens The Guardian)

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    The government wants to pay large sums of your money to a system already proven to be cruel and ineffective, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

  16. New York Times

    U.K. Plans to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda for Processing (opens New York Times)

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    Some people seeking refuge in Britain would be flown thousands of miles to the central African country, a significant hardening of migration policy.

  17. CBS News

    U.K. government blasted as "racist" and "inhumane" for plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda (opens CBS News)

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    Rwanda welcomed the $157 million deal to resettle people who enter the U.K. illegally, but a rights group accused Boris Johnson's government of "offshoring" its responsibilities.

  18. The Guardian

    Tens of thousands of asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda, says Johnson (opens The Guardian)

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    PM insists east African country is safe and scheme will prove ‘very considerable deterrent’

  19. The Guardian

    ‘Inhumane’: the Tory critics of plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (opens The Guardian)

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    Small but vehement group have already expressed doubts about government’s outsourcing plan

  20. NBC News

    U.K. plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda draws criticism (opens NBC News)

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    Opposition politicians accused the government of trying to distract attention from a scandal over government parties that breached pandemic lockdown rules.

  21. Washington Examiner

    UK announces plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda (opens Washington Examiner)

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    The United Kingdom has a plan to curb asylum-seekers from making the perilous journey across the English Channel through smuggling networks.

  22. The Guardian

    UK Rwanda plan for asylum seekers decried as inhumane, deadly and expensive (opens The Guardian)

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    Politicians, legal experts and refugee groups condemn Johnson’s plan to ‘offshore’ Channel crossing crisis

  23. The Guardian

    Rwanda asylum plan: who does it target and is it going to happen? (opens The Guardian)

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    Plans have surprised many, have few precedents and have been condemned as cruel and unworkable

  24. The Guardian

    Rwandan opposition criticises deal to accept UK’s asylum seekers (opens The Guardian)

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    UK accused of shifting international obligations and Rwanda of ignoring issues causing its own refugees

  25. New York Times

    U.K. Plans to Send Some Asylum Seekers to Rwanda (opens New York Times)

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    Britain says it will fly many refugees thousands of miles to the central African country for processing and resettlement, a significant hardening of migration policy.

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