Minister’s Africa visit promotes deportation plan

Britain’s interior minister arrived in Rwanda yesterday for a visit aimed at reinforcing the UK government’s commitment to a controversial plan to deport some asylum-seekers to the African country. Ahead of her visit, Home Secretary Suella Braverman said the migration policy ‘‘will act as a powerful deterrent against dangerous and illegal journeys’’. Britain’s Conservative government wants to stop migrants from reaching the UK on risky journeys across the English Channel, and a deportation agreement signed with Rwanda last year was part of the measures.