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The Home Office is 'working towards getting the flights off before the summer'

A Home Office source said Ms Braverman was making plans for the first flights to the country to come by the summer.

Rwanda's government said on Tuesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had violated its airspace, prompting its defence force to fire in response.

Rwanda's government said on Wednesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo briefly violated its airspace, the latest accusation to fly between the two countries whose relations have frayed this year.

Rwanda’s government is rejecting a report by United Nations experts saying they have “solid evidence” that members of Rwanda’s armed forces are conducting operations in eastern Congo in support of the M23 rebel group whose deadly resurgence has led to growing Congo-Rwanda tensions and talk of war

RWANDA can only accept a “couple of hundred” migrants despite the Tory government already having spent £120 million on the scheme.

The African nation had originally agreed to take up to 1,000 migrants from the UK

Yolande Makolo said the country’s deal with the UK is a way to give youngsters the chance to build a life and “make it” in the east African nation.

The east African nation’s government confirmed it has already received the entire initial payment for the agreement signed by Priti Patel in April.

The High Court is currently weighing up whether the controversial plan - unveiled by Priti Patel earlier this year - is legal, with deportations understood to be on hold until at least September

So far only a handful have visited the empty hostel where the first refugees will be sent - but the Mirror's Dan Bloom has been given a tour