Rwanda Deportations Worth Cost, Cleverly Says as Bill Enters Law
- UK plans to deport asylum-seekers to African nation from July
- Royal assent comes after weeks of parliamentary wrangling
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Home Secretary James Cleverly said the UK’s controversial plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda is worth the money to deter migrants from making the treacherous journey across the English Channel.
The government’s legislation to declare Rwanda a “safe” destination for deportation passed into law Thursday after King Charles III signed the bill, the symbolic end to months of Parliamentary wrangling. Cleverly said treaties between Rwanda and the UK would be signed in Kigali and London imminently.