The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Suicidal asylum seeker facing deportation to Rwanda told to get haircut or learn instrument

Man in his 40s is the victim of torture and suffers from PTSD, but officials at Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre have been accused of dismissing his ‘deteriorating’ mental health

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022

Home Office’s Rwanda deportation plans face high court challenge

About 30 asylum seekers expected to be sent to Rwanda on 14 June

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022

UK charities seek injunction to block migrant deportations to Rwanda

Human rights groups said their lawyers had submitted papers on Wednesday at the High Court in London to get an injunction to halt next week's planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, a scheme which has drawn wide criticism.

Reuters · Jun 8, 2022

Home Office offers asylum seekers choice between war zones they fled and Rwanda

High number of first 100 people to be sent to Rwanda are from Sudan, despite being small number of those crossing the Channel

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2022

I came here to save my life. By sending me to Rwanda, the UK threatens it again

We’re to be offshored next week – I can’t tell you how desperate it makes me. We can’t believe a great country treats us this way, says the Secret asylum seeker

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Home Office accused of trying to deport unaccompanied minors to Rwanda

THE Home Office has been accused of attempting to deport unaccompanied minors to Rwanda.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2022

Home Office accused of attempting to deport unaccompanied minors to Rwanda

UK charities say there is a ‘worrying pattern’ of children being categorised as adults by the Government’s flawed age-assessment system.

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2022

UK accused of attempting to deport children to Rwanda

Charities claim asylum seekers under 18 being classed as adults under Home Office age assessments

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2022

Refugee brothers, 16 and 27, who fled Syrian war split as one sent to Rwanda

The distraught Syrian said he'd rather kill himself than abandon his teen brother. The pair fled the war-torn country after being tortured by the regime

Daily Mirror · Jun 4, 2022

Anti-Rwanda protesters in DRC denounce alleged support for M23 rebels

Hundreds of people took to the streets in two cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week to protest neighbouring Rwanda's alleged meddling in the country's affairs.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 3, 2022