The UK government will start informing some illegal immigrants this week of its intention to relocate them to Rwanda, the Home Office confirmed on Tuesday.
The recipients will be warned that they may not be admitted to the UK’s asylum system because they had “travelled through safe countries where they could and should have claimed asylum,” the Home Office said.
It also said that the government has the power to detain individuals pending their removal from the UK.
Under the UK’s new Nationality and Borders Act, those who arrive illegally in the UK who could have claimed asylum in another safe country—including those who crossed the English Channel in small boats—can be considered “inadmissible” to the UK asylum system.
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