The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Priti Patel believes Rwanda migrants deal could be model for other countries

She thinks the move could now prompt Denmark to strike a deal with Rwanda after years of negotiations.

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The UNHCR ‘strongly condemns’ policy of sending migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully more than 4,000 miles to Africa

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

‘I will die here, I can’t go back to Africa’: migrants respond to Rwanda removal

Asylum seekers say there is no freedom in Rwanda and fear for their lives if sent to Africa

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

GMB host Kate Garraway forced to apologise after asylum seeker comment

An interview with the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration Tom Pursglove got rather heated on Friday's Good Morning Britain

Chronicle Live · Apr 15, 2022

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan policy against international law, says UN

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

UN, rights groups alarmed over British refugee deal with Rwanda

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 15, 2022

Top Home Office civil servant raised objections over Rwanda asylum policy

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

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda will save money, claims minister

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Senior Tory MP slams government over 'immoral' plan to send asylum seekers 4,000 miles away to Rwanda

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

Daily Record · Apr 15, 2022

UK says Rwanda flights to start in weeks; critics slam plan

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

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022