UK detaining asylum-seekers for deportation to Rwanda

FILE - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks at Downing Street in London, April 22, 2024. Sunak pledged April 29 that the country's first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10 to 12 weeks.

Britain has detained an unspecified number of migrants for deportation to Rwanda under its new immigration policy, government officials said Wednesday.