Ministers have given more than £140m to Rwandan government in hope of sending asylum seekers to east Africa
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British taxpayers will bear extra costs after the signing of a treaty with the Rwandan government, the home secretary has said, as he asserted that the government was not pursuing “cheap and quick popularity”.
James Cleverly became the third UK home secretary in 19 months to sign an agreement with the Rwandan government on Tuesday in the hope that it will allow the government to send people seeking asylum to east Africa.
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