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Rwanda: Rwanda Migrant Plan Lawful, UK High Court Rules
New Times, 19 December 2022
The United Kingdom's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the European country's High Court has ruled. Read more »
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Rwanda: Rwanda Welcomes Ruling on UK Plan for Illegal Migrants
New Times, 19 December 2022
The government of Rwanda has welcomed the ruling by the High Court of the United Kingdom which gave a green light to the policy to transfer of illegal immigrants to Rwanda from the… Read more »
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Africa: Anxiety as UK Court Rules to Deport Migrants to Rwanda
The Point, 21 December 2022
Hundreds of Senegambians in the United Kingdom are currently in a state of anxiety and unease as the High Court in London finally issued a verdict in favour of the government to… Read more »
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Rwanda: UK - Rwanda Refugee Ruling Is 'Bitterly Disappointing'
AI London, 19 December 2022
High Court rules Government plans to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda lawful Read more »
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Rwanda: UK Prime Minister Welcomes Court Ruling on Rwanda Migration Plan
New Times, 19 December 2022
United Kingdom's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson have welcomed the high court judgment that ruled that the removal of illegal migrants in the… Read more »
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Africa: UK High Court Set to Rule On Legality of Migrant Deportation to Rwanda
RFI, 19 December 2022
Judges at Britain's High Court are set to rule on whether the UK government's controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. Read more »
Rwanda Migrant Plan Lawful, UK High Court Rules
The United Kingdom's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, Britain's High Court has ruled. Lord Justice Lewis said the policy, introduced under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was "consistent with the refugee convention". However, he said the home secretary should look at people's "particular circumstances" before sending them to Rwanda.
According to New Times, Rwanda and the UK inked the "Migration and Economic Development Partnership" back in April 2022 to allow migrants and asylum seekers who are illegally in the UK to be transferred to Rwanda.
Those who will benefit from the programme will have the option of applying for asylum locally and be facilitated to resettle in Rwanda or to be facilitated to return to their home country, having received support through the programme.
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The British government is facing strong backlash from opposition parties and human rights groups after announcing plans earlier this month to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda fo Read more »
Rwanda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Vincent Biruta and the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary Priti Patel address the media after signing the five-year deal on relocation of migrants and asylum seekers in Kigali (file photo).
