‘Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will stop the small boats’

The government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is aimed at deterring people smugglers, who are taking their money and ‘endangering their lives, the Court of Appeal was told today (Thurs). The Home Office hopes to tackle the issue of people crossing the channel in small boats by sending them to Rwanda to be processed. The first flight to Rwanda was due to take off last June, but it was stopped at the last minute by a ruling from…