Following British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s announcement that illegal immigrants to England could be resettled in the African country of Rwanda as of January 1, dozens of people protested and took to the streets. Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Ministry of Interior in London, England’s capital, and marched to Parliament Square to protest Johnson’s Rwanda statement.
“From January 1, those who arrived in the UK illegally could be resettled in Rwanda,” Johnson said. “Rwanda will have the capacity to resettle tens of thousands of people in the coming years,” he said.
It was also stated that the UK would initially provide 120 million pounds of support for the partnership signed with Rwanda.