Asylum seekers reaching the UK via the English channel could be flown more than 4000 miles away to Rwanda under new plans.
The UK government says they'll be processed there as part of a deal reached with Kigali.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it will help deter 'illegal immigration' and break people-smuggling routes.
But refugee charities say it's a "cruel and nasty decision".
Steve Crawshaw from the group Freedom From Torture says it's the wrong country to reach such an arrangement with.
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The UK government says they'll be processed there as part of a deal reached with Kigali.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it will help deter 'illegal immigration' and break people-smuggling routes.
But refugee charities say it's a "cruel and nasty decision".
Steve Crawshaw from the group Freedom From Torture says it's the wrong country to reach such an arrangement with.
IN: 'We help...
OUT: ...sense.'
DUR: 10 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0414asylum-crawshaw1.mp3