UK removes first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda via voluntary scheme

British prime minister Rishi Sunak. Photo: PA

David Lynch

A failed asylum seeker has been sent to Rwanda, under a voluntary scheme separate to the UK government’s flagship deportation plan.

The unnamed man is the first to have voluntarily moved to Rwanda after being offered up to £3,000 financial aid and sent on a commercial flight to the central African country, the PA news agency understands.