RWANDA has rubbished Labour’s claims that it lacks space for Britain’s migrants and vowed to take “thousands”.
A government spokeswoman said suggestions the 200 places at Hope Hostel in capital Kigali was the most they could house were not true.
Yolande Maloko told the BBC: “We’ve already started initial discussions with other facilities.
“Along the lifetime of this partnership, initially five years, we expect to relocate thousands.”
She also rebuked critics who claim Rwanda is a horrible place to deport asylum seekers.
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She said: "We are attacked unjustly, and living in Rwanda is not a punishment, it’s a beautiful country, including the weather.
“Everything about this country is much better than it’s ever been in its history, and it’s a great country to be in and to work for.
"And we hope that the people who come to live here with us will feel the same way.”
Labour has claimed Rwanda’s refusal to commit to taking all of the UK’s small boat arrivals showed that “the Conservatives are just trying to con people”.
