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Britain is targeting four more countries to replicate the Rwanda migrant deportation scheme, according to leaked documents.

The UK has entered talks with Armenia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica and Botswana for what the Government describes as a “third-country asylum processing deal”, The Times reports.

Several South American countries including Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Brazil and Colombia have also been approached but were viewed as less likely to be interested.

African nations including Cape Verde, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Angola and Sierra Leone were put on a reserve list that would be approached if other targets failed.

Others including Morocco, Tunisia, Namibia and The Gambia “explicitly declined” to enter technical discussions.

The UK is in talks with Armenia, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica and Botswana after Rishi Sunak gave the Home Office and Foreign Office a deadline of last autumn to secure two additional deals.

But progress with the four has stalled due to ongoing problems getting the Rwanda …