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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Lizzy Buchan

Suella Braverman insists Rwanda safe when confronted over deaths of 12 refugees in 2018

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has insisted it is safe to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after being confronted with footage of a 2018 incident when 12 refugees were killed in a protest.

Ms Braverman claimed that she wasn't aware of the case, when police fired live ammunition at refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo who were protesting over food rations.

The case, which has been raised by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, is referenced in the Home Office's own country assessment of Rwanda.

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