Asylum: Rwanda

(asked on 28th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers deported from the UK can be accommodated in Rwanda.


Answered by
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 6th December 2022

The number of individuals who can be relocated to Rwanda under the Migration and Economic Development Partnership is uncapped. Rwanda has made initial provision to receive 200 people and has plans to scale up capacity once flights begin.

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