The Latest Breaking News from Rwanda

Home Office admits: Rwanda policy may not stop small boats

MPs warn plans to detain small boat migrants are ‘harmful, impractical and costly’

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2023

Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost £169k a person, says Home Office

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

Draconian Tory plan to send migrants to Rwanda will cost £169,000 per person

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

Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2023

Don’t blame Tories for their useless policies. It’s all the fault of snobbery

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

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023

Home Office stops units making asylum decisions to prepare for small boats bill despite huge backlog

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

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2023

Home Office admits spending £1.3m fighting Rwanda legal battles – and costs still rising

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

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2023

Rwanda: Paul Kagame is a dictator who clings to power but it’s not just for his own gain

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…

The Conversation · Jun 21, 2023

Uganda: Parents submit DNA samples to identify school attack victims

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…

France 24 · Jun 20, 2023

Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition

A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings during the Rwandan genocide nearly 30 years ago says his client will apply for political asylum in South Africa

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2023

Hero Afghan pilot: UK commanders sent me into combat... how can you abandon me?

Exclusive: Afghan war hero who escaped Taliban to come to Britain hits back at officials who say his military service is not enough to stop his deportation

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2023