London, Yerevan hold talks on sending illegal migrants to Armenia -  The Times 

ArmInfo.The United Kingdom has started talks with four countries that could receive illegal  migrants expelled from the country, The Times newspaper reported, citing documents of the British Foreign Office.

According to the newspaper, these countries are Armenia, Botswana,  Ivory Coast and Costa Rica. London expects to conclude with them an  agreement analogous to the one signed between the UK and Rwanda. The  question of possible cooperation with Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay,  Peru and Ecuador was also raised, but the Foreign Office believes  that the authorities of these countries will not be very interested  in it. There is a reserve list of African states, including Angola,  Cape Verde, Tanzania, Togo, Senegal and Sierra Leone, with which the  UK side can start a dialogue. Gambia, Morocco, Namibia and Tunisia  refused to discuss the issue.

The newspaper recalled that for a year and a half the UK has been  looking for countries that would be willing to accept illegal  migrants expelled from it. The country's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak  hoped to conclude the relevant agreements last fall, but the  negotiations have stalled because the British authorities have not  yet managed to send a single illegal immigrant to Rwanda.

As the newspaper points out, London began technical negotiations with  Yerevan last September, when Deputy Minister of State Leo Docherty  visited Armenia. The Armenian authorities are reportedly monitoring  the development of the situation around Rwanda after the British  Parliament voted in favor of the new law. The agreement between  London and Kigali implies that illegal migrants expelled from the UK  will be able to apply for asylum in Rwanda, rather than being sent  back to their home countries, where they may be in danger.