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Thursday evening news briefing: Germany could adopt Rwanda plan paid for by UK
Good evening. It has emerged that Germany is considering deporting migrants to Rwanda, where it could use asylum facilities paid for by the UK.
Elsewhere in today’s newsletter, we cover the death of a Royal Navy service member, and the appointment of Michel Barnier as France’s prime minister.
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Germany could adopt Rwanda plan paid for by UK
Germany’s migration commissioner proposed using Rwanda as a third party country for migrants amid growing pressure on the coalition government. Joachim Stamp suggested it could be part of a wider move by the EU to use existing asylum facilities in Rwanda, initially intended for Rishi Sunak’s scheme.