LONDON — Vowing to make good on Brexit promises to control Britain’s borders, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced a crackdown on smuggling routes across the English Channel, saying migrants who do not meet strict asylum criteria will be flown 4,000 miles to Rwanda for possible resettlement there.
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Britain to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda to cut illegal sea crossings
The African nation would receive $160 million in aid under the deal proposed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson
Updated April 14, 2022 at 1:52 p.m. EDT|Published April 14, 2022 at 8:24 a.m. EDT