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Rwanda Awaits Migrants From Libya After Signing Evacuation Deal

Rwanda has fullfilled it's commitment made in 2017, to host African refugees trapped in Libya, as European nations stepped up migrant controls. President Paul Kagame made the commitment following "damning revelations" that tens of thousands of people from across Africa were not only stranded in Libya after their failed bid to reach Europe but many of them were being "subjected to slavery".

Rwanda: Rwanda, AU and UNHCR Sign Agreement to Evacuate Libyans

New Times, 10 September 2019

The Government of Rwanda Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Union (AU) Commission, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees regarding the… Read more »

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A boat of Italian Cost Guards is approaching Lampedusa to disembark 142 migrants, including 30 women and 3 children, coming from Tripoli (file photo).

Africa: Refugees Held Captive in Libya to Go to Rwanda in Coming Weeks - UNHCR

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 10 September 2019

Libya has become the main conduit for Africans fleeing war and poverty trying to reach Europe, since former leader Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 Read more »
Africa: Rwanda Govt Signs Migrant Hosting Deal After Libya Slavery Horror

New Times, 9 September 2019

Rwanda's intervention came amid harrowing revelations that the migrants, most of them from West Africa, are being sold openly in modern-day slave markets in Libya. Read more »
Rwanda: Libya Refugees Expected in Rwanda in Coming Weeks

New Times, 9 September 2019

The deal will be signed in Addis Ababa between the Government of Rwanda, the African Union and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Read more »