The Rwandan government has admitted that it cannot say how many migrants it will take from the UK, and insisted that being deported to the country was “not a punishment”.
Yolande Makolo, a government spokeswoman, said that Rwanda would be able to welcome more than the 200 migrants for whom accommodation has already been procured
However, she said that exactly how many migrants are eventually deported would depend on a number of factors, and that the details were being worked on.
“We will be able to welcome the migrants that the UK sends over the lifetime of this partnership,” she told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. “What I cannot tell you is how many thousands we are taking in the first year or
