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The Home Office has admitted that it does not know the location of thousands of migrants scheduled to flagged for Rwanda.
In a document that assesses the impact of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, the Home Office said the Government had retained numerous people who had been told their asylum claims were inadmissible and could be removed to the African country once the new law came into effect.
“Of the 5,700 people Rwanda has in principle agreed to accept, 2,143 continue to report to the Home Office and can be located for detention,” the document said.
The Government said there is no limit on the numbers that could be deported under the five-year asylum deal, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s government said it would take as many migrants as Britain sends its way.
It comes after Rwanda Bill became law last week, when it was finally granted Royal Assent in the House of Lords.
The announcement has triggered the formal start of the plan to fly illegally arrived migrants to Rwanda, with flights being expected to take off in 10 to 12 weeks.
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