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We’re going to be hearing from a Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo shortly in the programme, in her first interview since the UK's Safety of Rwanda Bill was passed last month. We are live now with Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on BBC One, looking at the fallout from the government's trouncing in the local elections.
That bill, which was introduced last November after the Supreme Court ruled the scheme to be unlawful, now clears the way for the government to send some asylum seekers on a one-way ticket to Rwanda. Follow us here for updates and analysis, and you can watch live by pressing Play at the top of this page.
The Rwanda scheme would see any asylum seeker entering the UK "illegally" after 1 January 2022 - from a safe country, such as France - being potentially sent to the landlocked east-central African country.
They would have their asylum claims processed there, not in the UK. If successful, they could be granted refugee status and allowed to stay in Rwanda.
After missing his earlier spring deadline, Rishi Sunak has since promised that the first flight will be taking off as early as 1 July.
There have not yet been any deportations under Sunak's flagship Rwanda scheme. It was revealed last week that most of the asylum seekers initially earmarked for deportation to Rwanda cannot be immediately located.
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