On Thursday, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a deal between his nation and Rwanda that will allow the U.K.’s government to begin deporting illegal aliens to the East African nation. Johnson credited Brexit for making such a deal possible.

“This innovative approach driven by our shared humanitarian impulse and made possible by Brexit freedoms, will provide safe and legal routes for asylum while disrupting the business model of the gangs, because it means that economic migrants taking advantage of the asylum system will not get to stay in the U.K.,” Johnson said during a speech, Fox News reported.

“While those in genuine need will be properly protected, including with access to legal services, on arrival in Rwanda and given the opportunity to build a new life in that dynamic country supported by the funding we are providing,” he exclaimed.