Britain's Rwanda migration policy breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The agency “strongly condemns outsourcing the primary responsibility to consider the refugee status”.

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Britain's proposal to send migrants who arrive in the country unlawfully to Rwanda is “unacceptable” and a breach of international law, the UN’s refugee agency said.

The British government announced this week it plans to provide failed asylum seekers, including those crossing the Channel in small boats, with a one-way ticket to Rwanda, where they will have the right to apply to live in the African country.