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Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris has asked the country's justice secretary to bring legislation to cabinet to enable asylum seekers to be sent back to the UK.

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A manager shows a room at the Hallmark Residence for asylum seekers sent from the UK in a suburb of Kigali, Rwanda, in 2022 (Picture: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images)

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Rishi Sunak is celebrating a political win after his controversial Rwanda policy passed through the House of Lords and is set to become a law. (Picture: Adrian Dennis/WPA pool/Getty Images)

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said deportation flights of asylum seekers to Rwanda will begin in '10 to 12 weeks', as the plan entered its final stage in Parliament. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a press conference in Downing Street after seeing the Safety of Rwanda Bill passed in the House of Commons. Image: Stefan Rousseau/Getty Images.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is fighting to save his Rwanda bill.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is fighting to save his Rwanda bill.

Lee Anderson resigns as Rishi Sunak fights to quell Tory revolt over Rwanda plan

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SNP brands UK Labour’s alternative to Rwanda plans ‘inhumane’ and ‘immoral’

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has seen off a rebellion over his Rwanda bill. Image: James Manning/Press Association.

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MP's gather in the House of Commons, London, ahead of the second reading vote of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Photo: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak wins Rwanda vote but Tory rebels warn they could still block it

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Rishi Sunak faces crucial Rwanda vote as Tory MPs urge him to abandon bill

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Rishi Sunak is under fire from the right and the left over his plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda (Picture: Leon Neal/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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Douglas Ross to support Rwanda immigration plan

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