On the British side, negotiations have started with Armenia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica and Botswana about sending illegal immigrants within the scope of the Rwanda plan. The publication wrote about it Times Citing leaked British government documents made available.
The United Kingdom has looked at nearly a dozen countries to begin similar talks. London has already approached Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Colombia. It is stated that these states are less interested in such agreements.
Several African countries – Senegal, Cape Verde, Togo, Tanzania, Angola and Sierra Leone – are included in the reserve list only, standing as a backup in case of failure with the main countries. Namibia, Morocco, Tunisia and Gambia also refused to participate in such a discussion.
The Telegraph also writes that Rwanda is ready to accept 30 thousand immigrants during the first five years of the deportation plan. According to the BBC, nearly 30,000 people crossed the English Channel to the UK by boat last year alone.
London is paying around £4.5 billion for this, meaning each migrant deported will cost the kingdom £150,000.
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Source: Gazeta
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