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UK resolves Rwanda asylum cases after govt drops policy

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer holds a press conference in London on July 6, 2024.[File, AFP]

Three asylum seekers who brought court action to block the UK's attempt to send them to Rwanda had their cases resolved on Tuesday, after the incoming Labour government ditched the policy.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Saturday that the migrant deportation plan forged by the ousted Conservative government was "dead and buried".

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