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Rwanda ‘ready to receive' deported asylum seekers from the UK

The UK insists first flight to Kigali will go ahead, despite individual legal challenges.

Rwanda’s government spokesperson says the country is ready and prepared to receive illegal migrants being deported from the UK and defends the Rwanda-UK asylum seeker plan.

The Nigerian government has set out new guidelines for the social media multi-nationals operating in the country.

And the authorities in Sierra Leone ban public rallies ahead of a hotly contested by -election.

Photo: A plane reported by British media to be first to transport migrants to Rwanda is seen on the tarmac at a Defence base. Credit: Reuters.

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Tue 14 Jun 202215:06GMT

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