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Jun 2022
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Why is the UK-Rwanda asylum deal so cont...

Bbc World Service
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<p>In April the UK government announced that they had signed a deal that would see asylum seekers to the UK processed instead in Rwanda, some 6,500km away. This caused outrage, with rights groups and campaigners calling the deal cruel, saying the asylum seekers who come to the UK have already faced gruelling and treacherous journeys and shouldn’t be sent ... Show More
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