British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in January declared he would ignore a U.K. Supreme Court ruling that determined the Rwanda policy was unlawful and pushed the policy through in April.
The United Kingdom on Wednesday commenced its controversial operation to relocate migrants to Rwanda in Africa, promising more 'operations' in the coming weeks. The British government has spent two years battling legal and political roadblocks in pursuit of its Rwanda policy plan, which would allow the U.K. to send any asylum seekers entering the U.K. from a 'safe' country after Jan. 1, 2022, to the African country. Last year, the U.K.
The famous Hope Hostel, which housed college students who had lost their parents during the 1994 genocide, said it would now take the deported asylum seekers from the U.K. 'Even if they arrive now or tomorrow, all arrangements are in place,' the Rwanda government's deputy spokesperson, Alain Mukuralinda, told The Associated Press, revealing that authorities have prepared for two years to receive the migrants.
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