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Have the Rwanda asylum plans stalled upon takeoff?

Jun 15, 202217 min
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Episode description

Seven asylum seekers were about to be sent more than 4,000 miles away to Rwanda, before an 11th hour court decision meant they could get off a plane that was minutes from departing.

The government was determined to press ahead with its controversial plan but an intervention from the European Court of Human Rights has put that on hold.

So what is the Rwanda plan, why is it struggling to fly, and what will the government do next?

In this episode of What You Need to Know, UK Editor Paul Brand speaks to Political Correspondent Romilly Weeks from the Rwandan capital Kigali.
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