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Jitendra Joshi

'Progressive' Rwanda is safe for gay migrants, UK minister Michael Tomlinson insists

Rwanda is a “very progressive” country and gay migrants can be safely sent there, a UK minister said on Tuesday after the Government finally pushed its deportation scheme through Parliament.

Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson praised the East African nation’s record in general despite repeated criticism by human rights organisations alleging that President Paul Kagame’s government is harshly intolerant of dissent.

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