Why is Britain sending asylum seekers to Rwanda?

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Being smuggled from France to Britain by boat could earn you a one-way ticket to Rwanda.
That's the British government's message to undocumented migrants making the dangerous voyage across the English Channel.
The Prime Minister says action is needed to stop what he calls 'vile people smugglers'.
Rights groups compare it to Australia's 'offshore processing' policy, which they've condemned as cruel and inhumane.
So will Britain's agreement work?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:
Maya Goodfellow - Author, 'Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats'.

Natalie Hodgson - University of Nottingham

Emilie McDonnell - Human Rights Watch

Kolbassia Haoussou - Freedom from Torture

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Rwanda
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