Posted on 04/30/2024 4:18:00 AM PDT by RandFan
The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial plan.
The figures come days after the scheme aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary wrangling.
Rwanda has "in principle" agreed to accept 5,700 migrants already in the UK, the interior ministry revealed late Monday.
Of those, 2,143 "can be located for detention" before being flown there, it added.
Law enforcement agencies will find the remainder, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said Tuesday when asked about the 5,700 earmarked for deportation.
"The expectation is that we remove that group of people... by the end of the year," she told Sky News television.
"If somebody doesn't report as they should do... They will be found."
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If they could add some more zeros after than number, then there could be some real “hope and change.”
Then pass a English as the official language law. If Puerto Rico doesn't like it? They can suck it!
Then, pass a law saying 12,000 immigrants can only move and no benefits for 5 years.
Talk to me when it’s complete.
I wish we would deport that many. All our problems would be solved.
What if we deported our kids instead of aborting them?
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