The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

‘Impact assessment’ of the illegal migration bill reignites bitter rows over controversial scheme

A long-awaited economic assessment of the Illegal Migration Bill revealed it would cost £63,000 more to hand asylum seekers a one-way ticket to the African country than to keep them in the UK

Calculating savings is said to be ‘highly uncertain’ but the assessment gives figures of between £106,000 and £165,000 per individual.

‘Not possible’ to assess whether Illegal Migration Bill is value for money because it may not deter enough Channel crossings

Mum-of-two Kana Josée, who was born in Rwanda, moved to Oldham after fleeing domestic violence and said the UK has finally given her a 'sense of belonging'

Speaking to Mirror to mark the end of Refugee Week, mum-of-two Kana Josée, born in Rwanda, praised how "welcoming and warm" the UK has been since she fled domestic violence

The government is suddenly finding the invisible foe everywhere. Unfortunately for them, no one else can see it

Exclusive: Two units to retrain as ‘detention decision-makers’ and told to refer to asylum seekers as ‘illegal entrants’

More money to be spent on continuing fight at Court of Appeal, after £140m given to Rwandan government

Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame recently said he was looking forward to his retirement after 23 years in power. Speaking to the press in April 2023, he claimed he “may join journalism in my old age” – a somewhat surprising choice, given the poor state of the freedom of the press…

In tonight's edition: In Uganda, parents of children still missing since Friday's horrific attack on a school dorm offer up their DNA in the search for their missing loved ones. Meanwhile in Burundi, hundreds of thousands of people who fled their country in 2015 amidst political turmoil have started returning…