Rwanda deportation plan using UK facilities considered – German

A German official has proposed sending asylum seekers to facilities in Rwanda funded by the United Kingdom, weeks after the UK discarded its own Rwanda deportation plan.

Germany’s Special Representative for Migration Agreements Joachim Stamp said the European Union could utilise existing asylum facilities in Rwanda, which were initially intended for Britain’s 2022 plan to send undocumented refugees and migrants to the East African nation.

The plan was scrapped by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government in July after being declared unlawful by the UK High Court.