The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Human rights groups slam a $156m trial scheme to offload thousands of refugees to Rwanda.

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

Senior Tories David Davis and Andrew Mitchell also raise concerns over scheme

Claim about long-term benefits disputed by MP Andrew Mitchell who describes reported cost of £30,000 a person as ‘eye-watering’

Andrew Mitchell hit out at Boris Johnson's plan saying there were "eye-watering" costs involved in sending people 4,000 miles away.

The British government says it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda within weeks

‘If it’s not good enough for you, why is it good enough for a Syrian or Afghan refugee?’ Adil asked the MP

Critics have lambasted the plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda