UK passes Rwanda asylum law, PM Sunak vows flights to start in weeks

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

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Monday to start sending asylum seekers to Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks as the upper house of parliament finally passed required legislation, delayed for weeks by attempts to alter the plan.

Sunak said the government had booked commercial charter planes and trained staff to take migrants to Rwanda, a policy he hopes will boost his Conservative Party's flagging fortunes before an election later this year.