Britain announced a deal with Rwanda on Thursday to send some asylum-seekers thousands of miles to the East African country a plan it said would stop people-smugglers sending desperate migrants on treacherous journeys across the English Channel.
LONDON (AP) Britain's Conservative government has struck a deal with Rwanda to send some asylum-seekers thousands of miles away to the East African country, a move that opposition politicians and refugee groups condemned as inhumane, unworkable and a waste of public money.
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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) Rwandan authorities said early Friday they would reopen the border with Uganda, ending nearly three years of a standoff that appeared to hurt both countries' economies and raised fears of armed hostilities.