Rwanda is making preparations to house child asylum seekers removed from the UK on a one-way ticket under Boris Johnson’s widely-criticised policy. The Hope Hostel in the capital of Kigali is constructing a five-a-side football pitch, a basketball court and is considering purchasing outside toys for minors, it emerged on Friday.
Downing Street said no unaccompanied children would be sent to the Rwandan capital 4,000 miles away and insisted it was right to “prepare for all eventualities”. Hostel manager Elisee Kalyango confirmed they were taking steps to prepare for children coming under the policy, adding: “We are ready to handle people from any age.”
Being built were a “mini football and basketball court which can be shifted to volleyball”, he said, and for children they were considering getting “toys” to be placed on the nearby lawn. The manager was speaking to journalists who travelled with the Prime Minister to Rwanda, where he is attending a Commonwealth summit, as he showed them around the accommodation in a visit arranged by No 10.
