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Rwanda: UK Cancels First Deportation Flight to Rwanda
DW, 15 June 2022
The first asylum-seeker deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda was canceled on Tuesday after a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights. Read more »
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Rwanda: Inside Hope Complex - Designated to Host Migrants From UK
New Times, 14 June 2022
Hope Hostel, also known as AERG/One Dollar Campaign complex, is one of the places designated to shelter migrants and asylum seekers from the United Kingdom. Read more »
UK Plan to Deport Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces Legal Challenges
The first asylum-seeker deportation flight from the UK to Rwanda was canceled on Tuesday after a ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, Deutsche Welle reports.
Europe's top human rights court issued the injunction to stop the deportations of a small number of asylum seekers who had reached the end of the road for their appeals. With the injunction leaving no passengers remaining, no plane to Rwanda ever took off.
Earlier, a last-minute bid to halt the deportations failed on June 13, 2022 after the Court of Appeal in London dismissed attempts to stop the first flight, Deutsche Welle reports.
The British government has faced pushback over the plans from the United Nations as well as human rights and refugee groups.
Under the plan, agreed between the British and Rwandan governments, some asylum-seekers who are in the UK will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda. The UK has reportedly paid Rwanda U.S.148 million upfront for the plan. The British government plans on making additional payments to Rwanda based on the number of asylum-seekers it deports.
Hope Hostel, also known as AERG/One Dollar Campaign complex, is one of the places designated to shelter migrants and asylum seekers from the United Kingdom.
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Rwanda: UK-Rwanda Deportation Flight Set to Go Ahead After Court Rejects Appeal
DW, 13 June 2022
A controversial plan by the British government to fly asylum-seekers from the UK to Rwanda is set to go ahead after a court rejected a last-minute appeal. Read more »
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Rwanda: UK's Bid to Export Some Refugees to Rwanda 'All Wrong' - UN Refugee Chief
UN News, 13 June 2022
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday dismissed the British Government's proposal to process United Kingdom-bound asylum seekers in Rwanda, describing the… Read more »
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Gambia: UK Court Allows Transfer of Senegambian Refugees to Rwanda
The Point, 13 June 2022
Following a protracted, prolonged and fierce legal battle challenging the transfer to Rwanda of hundreds of asylum seekers who crossed the English Channel via France to the UK, the… Read more »
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Rwanda: British Plan to Fly Asylum Seekers to Rwanda Faces Last-Minute Legal Challenge
VOA, 10 June 2022
Britain's plan to fly asylum seekers 6,000 kilometers to Rwanda faces a last-minute legal challenge. Read more »
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Africa: British Court Rejects Bid to Stop Deporting Asylum-Seekers to Rwanda
DW, 10 June 2022
A challenge to the UK's new policy to deter asylum-seeker arrivals was rejected by a High Court judge. The UN says refugees risk "serious, irreperable harm" under the relocation… Read more »
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Uganda: Asylum Seekers Set to Be Sent to Rwanda Go On Hunger Strike
Nile Post, 3 June 2022
Asylum seekers at an immigration detention centre in the UK say they went on hunger strike after being told they would be deported to Rwanda. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda to Receive First Group of UK Asylum Seekers in Two Weeks
New Times, 1 June 2022
The United Kingdom plans to send the first group of unauthorized migrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda in the coming two weeks, officials have said. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda Unveils Facilities That Will Host UK Migrants
New Times, 19 May 2022
The government of Rwanda has unveiled three facilities among five which are expected to host migrants and asylum seekers set to be sent from United Kingdom. Read more »
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Rwanda: UK's Rights Assessment of Rwanda Not Based On Facts
HRW, 12 May 2022
Abuses Overlooked to Justify Cruel Asylum Policy Read more »
