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People walk up the stairs of a plane which is set to take UK asylum seekers to Rwanda, as part of a controversial policy to send those who comes to the UK illegally to the African country for processing and resettlement. Only six people are now due to be deported because of legal challenges and reviews of cases -- well down on the 130 initially envisaged by the authorities. IMAGES
A plane thought to be the one bound for Kigali as part of the UK government's controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda waits at the Boscombe Down military air field. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the first flight to Kigali, believed to be operated by Spanish charter firm Privilege Style, would take off, no matter how many people were on board. Only seven people are now due to be deported because of legal challenges and reviews of their cases -- well down on the 130 initially envisaged by the authorities. IMAGES
Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta says the country is "pleased to work with the UK" on a new partnership that would see asylum seekers and migrants who cross the Channel illegally sent thousands of miles away to Rwanda under a controversial deal as the British government tries to clamp down on record numbers of people making the perilous journey. SOUNDBITE from Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs
Gjakova (Kosovo), Sep 26 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Valdrin Xhemaj) The Kosovar artist Alkent Pozhegu makes a mosaic as a portrait of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Kosovo. FOOTAGE OF ANGELA MERKEL'S MOSAIC MADE BY ALKENT POZHEGU IN KOSOVO.
Paris (France), Aug 4 (EFE) .- (Camera: Mario García Sánchez) France has proposed to vaccinate all refugees and asylum seekers in August and faces the objective with the burden of bureaucracy and the difficulty that it presents.Doctors Without Borders (MSF), one of the NGOs in charge of immunizing this group, considers the plan "very ambitious" given the complication of recruiting volunteers during the summer months.FOOTAGE OF THE VACCINATION CENTRE FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS OF DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS.
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