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Rwanda accuses UN refugee agency of lying in British asylum policy case

View of the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre in Middlesex as the UK prepares for Rwanda deportations, taken on May 2, 2024 [Gerhard Mey/Reuters]

Rwanda has accused the United Nations refugee agency of lying after the body told a British court this week that asylum seekers sent to the East African country could be moved on to states where they risked torture or death.

The British plan to deport refugees to Rwanda has been mired in legal challenges. But Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government has insisted it will proceed if his Conservative Party wins a July 4 general election.

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