According to a document, Kigali has consented for Britain to return migrants to Rwanda

According to a British government document released on April 29, the first asylum seekers to be deported from Britain to Rwanda will come from a group of 5,700 individuals that Kigali has agreed to accept in principle.

A policy that has caused political division in Britain states that anyone who entered the country unlawfully after January 1, 2022, may be deported to Rwanda.

Since then, over 50,000 migrants have arrived, according to government statistics.

The United Kingdom approved legislation this week proclaiming that courts and authorities must treat Rwanda as safe, in an attempt to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision that the policy was illegal.

In ten to twelve weeks, according to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the first flights should take off.

The Home Office (interior ministry) stated in the document evaluating the effects of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, which was agreed upon by Britain and Rwanda, that the government had kept a group of individuals who had been informed their asylum claims were invalid and could be deported to Rwanda upon the implementation of the new legislation.

According to the paper, 2,143 of the 5,700 persons that Rwanda has in principle agreed to take continue to report to the Home Office and may be found for detention.

The administration of Rwandan President Paul Kagame declared on April 26 that it will accept as many migrants as Britain sends its way, while the British government stated that there is no maximum on the total number of people who could be deported under the terms of the five-year asylum agreement.

Mr. Sunak thinks that by dismantling the model of people smugglers, his plan will prevent individuals from taking the perilous journey from France across the English Channel. However, detractors call the program cruel, and further legal challenges are expected.

Five migrants, one of whom was a kid, lost their lives while trying to cross last week. This year, almost 7,000 people have crossed, a record that was attained by the end of April.

The Irish government said that migrants were fleeing Britain to Ireland because they feared being deported to Rwanda, a development that London claimed validated the viability of the Rwandan plan.

British Northern Ireland Minister Chris Heaton-Harris stated on April 29 that “the UK’s new deterrent is clearly working and having some impact already, an impact that will obviously increase as the first flights depart for Rwanda.” “We will start the process of removing those identified for the first flight now that the Rwanda Act is a law.”