Home Office detains first asylum seekers for Rwanda deportation

The first cohort of asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda have been detained, the Home Office has said.

Commercial charter planes have been booked and an airport has been put on standby for the first flights taking illegal migrants to Rwanda, the Home Office said. It comes after the Safety of Rwanda Act became law last week, allowing the government to send asylum seekers to the east African country as part of its pledge to "stop the boats".

“By contradicting the Supreme Court to push ahead with the Rwanda Plan, the Government is laying the foundations for the next asylum crisis. Our analysis has shown that it is likely to lead to an unprecedented system meltdown, leaving tens of thousands of refugees from countries like Afghanistan, Sudan and Syria stranded in permanent limbo and shut out of the asylum system."

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