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Rwanda: Rwanda Remains Open to Migrants As UK Deal Falters
New Times, 8 July 2024
The Rwandan government said, on Monday, July 8, it is still committed to finding a solution to the global migration crisis and the safety of migrants after Britain's new Prime… Read more »
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Rwanda: UK's Starmer Says Rwanda Deportation Plan 'Dead and Buried'
DW, 8 July 2024
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scrapping the Rwanda deportation plan by the previous Conservative government, saying its policy to keep irregular migration at bay has… Read more »
Rwanda-UK Migration Plan 'Dead and Buried'
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer plans to scrap the Rwanda deportation plan implemented by the previous Conservative government, saying that the policy intended to curb irregular migration has had the "complete opposite effect".
The five-year Rwanda plan, costing U.S.$494 million, proposed flying asylum seekers to Rwanda to apply for refuge there instead of Britain.
The scheme faced widespread condemnation from rights groups and the public.
Rwanda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr 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 on April 14, 2022.
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After facing resistance and demands for amendments from the House of Lords, a controversial United Kingdom government bill proposing to send asylum seekers to Rwa Read more »
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Rwanda takes issue with a recent ruling by the United Kingdom's Court of Appeal which, among others, ruled that the country is not a safe destination for asylum seekers and r Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
