WATCH: New treaty to send asylum seekers in UK to Rwanda signed in Kigali

The British government is trying to salvage this flagship measure of its policy against illegal immigration.

In Summary

• Three weeks after the rejection of a previous project, London and Kigali signed a new treaty in Rwanda on Tuesday, aimed at resurrecting a controversial agreement to deport migrants arriving illegally in the UK to the East African country. 

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