The scheme is for those who have gone through the asylum process and had permission rejected, rather than for migrants who have illegally entered Britain by crossing the Channel on small boats.
The UK has sent the first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda - under a voluntary scheme.
The scheme is for those who have gone through the asylum process and had permission rejected, rather than for migrants who have illegally entered Britain by crossing the Channel on small boats.
The migrant was sent on a commercial flight and handed a fee from the British taxpayer to help relocate under the terms of a deal with Rwanda, Sky News reports.
According to The Sun, the man of African origin claimed asylum in the UK but was rejected at the end of last year. He then accepted the offer to go to Rwanda.
He left the UK on Monday.
This was not done using the powers set out in the Safety of Rwanda Act, but rather a parallel scheme that allows someone to choose to make the trip if their attempts to claim asylum in the UK fail.
And upon arrival in Kigali, the person is able to claim around £3,000 in UK taxpayer money as help.
A senior minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday said that the country would deport nearly 6000 migrants to Rwanda this year.
This comes days after the UK government published new details on the controversial deportation plan said to be aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from Northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary wrangling.
Lamonde reported that Rwanda had "in principle" agreed to receive no fewer than 5,700 migrants already in the UK, according to the Home Office.
The Home Office also said that of the 5,700 migrants to be deported, 2,143 "can be located for detention" before being flown to Rwanda.