British interior minister Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants

FILE PHOTO: British Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman makes a Statement on the Baroness Casey Review in London, Britain, March 21, 2023. UK Parliament/Andy Bailey/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's interior minister Suella Braverman said she was convinced Rwanda was a safe country to resettle migrants who had arrived in Britain illegally but she declined to set any deadline for the first deportations to the country.

The British government is hoping to send thousands of migrants more than 4,000 miles away to the East African country as part of a 120 million pound ($148 million) deal to deter asylum seekers crossing the English Channel from France in small boats.