UK Paid Rwanda $144Mln to Receive Deported Migrants

© AP Photo / Matt Dunham / Illegal immigrants trafficked from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, wait to be disembarked from a British border force vessel in DoverIllegal immigrants trafficked from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, wait to be disembarked from a British border force vessel in Dover
Illegal immigrants trafficked from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, wait to be disembarked from a British border force vessel in Dover - Sputnik International, 1920, 22.07.2022
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The United Kingdom paid Rwanda $144 million to receive deported migrants, whose flight was eventually canceled, Rwandan government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo said on Friday.
“There was an initial transfer of £120 million [$144 million]. This has already been paid and we are already using the funds to prepare," Makolo was quoted by the Daily Record newspaper as saying.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to address a press conference prior to his departure, in New Delhi, Friday, April 22, 2022 - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.06.2022
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