Can they give it to me? At least I'd be able to actually use it for something beneficial.
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It would be about a fiver each. That's a pint for anyone outside London.
So we're getting charity from Rwanda now?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The president's remarks came before a key vote in the Commons, which saw MPs pass legislation to revive the deportation scheme, after it was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court last year.
In its statement, the Rwandan government said funds paid to Rwanda were intended to support the country's economic development as well as to "prepare to receive and care for the migrants when they arrive".
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claims his plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda will be a deterrent to migrants seeking to travel across the Channel in small boats.
Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves welcomed Mr Kagame's offer to refund the money, and pledged to put it towards "processing asylum cases" and "cracking down on the criminal gangs that are at the heart of this."
At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer claimed the government had "lost contact" more than 4,000 people it had lined up for removal to Rwanda.
Mr Sunak defended the government's record on immigration, before adding: "It's a bit rich to hear him in here pretending that he cares about how we actually stop the boats, when he's been crystal clear and said that even if the plan is working to reduce the numbers, he would still scrap it.
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