LONDON - After years of fierce disputes, the British government is about to embark on a highly unusual experiment: Instead of dealing with foreigners who seek asylum in the UK’s various immigration centres based on Britain’s soil, it will send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hailed the April 23 passage of the law authorising this arrangement as “not just a step forward, but a fundamental change in the global equation on migration”.
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