Edouard Ngirente told journalists on Wednesday evening that the pilot scheme was well-informed and intended.

Under the $148m (£120m) scheme, some asylum seekers will be sent to the central African country during a five-year trial.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently revealed that 50 migrants had been told they will be the first to be sent to Rwanda.

"We are ready to host any number that will come,” Mr Ngirente told journalists.

Refugee organisations have criticised the plan as cruel. But Mr Ngirente said that “people will appreciate it once it will be done”.

Two opposition parties in Rwanda have said the government there should focus on problems facing Rwandans rather “than solving issues of a rich country”.