Boris Johnson will deliver a speech in Kent today outlining his government’s plans to tackle illegal immigration, including a controversial plan to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda while their application is processed.
Priti Patel, the home secretary, is in Rwanda today finalising the deal with the country’s government, which will receive single male migrants who arrive in the UK by crossing the Channel in small boats. Rwanda will receive an initial £120m under the trial scheme.
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