UK to offer failed asylum seekers $3,836 to relocate to Rwanda

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People believed to be migrants walk in Dungeness, Britain on August 16, 2023. PHOTO | REUTERS

The British government is planning to pay asylum seekers up to £3,000 ($3,836) each to move to Rwanda under a voluntary plan to help clear the backlog of refugees who have had their applications to remain in the country rejected.

The new agreement with Rwanda is separate from the government's stalled plan to forcibly deport most asylum seekers to the country, which was last year ruled unlawful by the UK's Supreme Court.