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Home Secretary insists Rwanda a 'safe' country for refugees despite video evidence

Braverman was confronted with footage from an incident in 2018 which showed the aftermath of a refugee protest in Rwanda

The National (Scotland)

Suella Braverman declines to give deadline to begin Rwanda flights

The Home Secretary also insisted that ministers were looking at ‘all sorts of land and sites and vessels’ to house asylum seekers.

The Independent UK

Suella Braverman casts doubt over deportation flights to Rwanda by summer

Only weeks after briefings that asylum seekers could start being deported to Rwanda in the summer, Suella Braverman said she was 'not going to give a deadline' on when flights would take off

Daily Mirror

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Britain grants Tamil asylum seekers rescued at sea ‘safe-country’ move

Two people, from group rescued by Royal Navy and held on Diego Garcia, made offer while receiving medical attention in Rwanda

The Guardian - UK

‘Indefensible disgrace’: Former head of Nato backs our campaign to stop Afghan war hero’s deportation to Rwanda

Exclusive: Ex-foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind also expresses deep concerns

The Independent UK

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in US following release

In tonight's edition: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is given a two-month suspended sentence in his libel trial. Also, Kenya sees a third day of opposition and anti-inflation protests. Plus, Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina arrives back in the United States after being released from prison. He spent more than…

France 24

Afghan pilot’s impassioned plea to PM: I was proud to fight with British forces – so don’t deport me to Rwanda

Exclusive: Open letter begs Rishi Sunak to honour promise to help veterans like him, after he was forced to flee certain death at home and risk his life once more to arrive here by small boat

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Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina's release and apology – a master stroke by Kagame

Rwanda’s ministry of justice recently announced the pardon and release of Paul Rusesabagina from jail. Rusesabagina was involved in events portrayed in the 2004 Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda.

The Conversation

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero arrives in the United States after being freed from Kigali prison

The man who inspired the film ‘Hotel Rwanda’, Paul Rusesabagina, arrived in the United States after being released from prison in Rwanda last week.

Evening Standard

‘It’s a disgrace’: Furious Keir Starmer backs our campaign to stop deportation of ‘brave Afghan pilot who fought with UK troops’

Dramatic intervention by Labour leader attacking ‘shameful level of incompetence’ over hero’s asylum claim

The Independent UK

Paul Rusesabagina, inspiration for "Hotel Rwanda", arrives in US after release from prison

Outspoken Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina, whose efforts to save people during the 1994 genocide inspired the Hollywood film "Hotel Rwanda," has arrived in the United States after being freed from prison, the White House said Wednesday.

France 24

Raab to hold fresh talks with Strasbourg court on injunction reform

The Justice Secretary said other European countries are experiencing problems with rule 39 orders used to block the Rwanda deportation fight.

The Independent UK

Freed ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero Paul Rusesabagina to arrive in US

A person familiar with the matter says the man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence is set to arrive Wednesday in the United States, where he will be reunited with his family

The Independent UK

Boats, barges and big bills – the asylum options being chewed over in Whitehall

Former military bases and cruise ships are among alternatives to hotels to house people seeking asylum in UK

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The Conversation

Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East African coast

The legacy of the medieval Swahili civilization is a source of extraordinary pride in East Africa, as reflected in its language being the official tongue of Kenya, Tanzania and even inland countries like Uganda and Rwanda, far from the Indian Ocean shore where the culture developed nearly two millennia ago.

The Independent UK

‘Farcical and appalling’: Military chiefs join call to stop Afghan war hero being deported from UK to Rwanda

Former minister Rory Stewart called the case ‘shameful’ while General Sir Richard Barrons said the evacuation from Afghanistan had been a ‘mess’

Reuters

Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero returns to United States after prison stay

The man who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda", Paul Rusesabagina, arrived in the United States on Wednesday after being released from prison in Rwanda last week, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak raises doubt over asylum flights to Rwanda this summer

PM tells MPs ‘no one has promised’ flights by summer, after Home Office source said plans were on track

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak defends plan to detain child migrants under small boats bill

The Prime Minister argued exempting families from the policy could create an ‘incentive’

The Independent UK

Sunak answers our call: I’ll ask Home Office to investigate deportation of Afghan war hero

The prime minister pledged to look into the case of the Afghan pilot who arrived in Britain via a small boat and is facing deportation to Rwanda, as reported by The Independent

The Independent UK

Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero in Qatar, heading to family in US

The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence has arrived in Qatar on his way to reuniting with family in the United States

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy on regrets, Rwanda flights and racism: ‘I’ve had so many death threats’

The working-class son of Guyanese immigrants could soon be the foreign secretary. He discusses antisemitism, Suella Braverman – and his experience of being stopped and searched at 12

Reuters

Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina leaves Kigali, reaches Qatar

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda" about the 1994 genocide, has arrived in Qatar after being released from prison in Rwanda last week, Rwanda's government spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s ‘stop the boats’ bill is an election gamble fraught with risk

Tory critics of PM’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda say failure could do lasting damage to party

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda scheme would ‘completely erode’ UK’s standing on world stage

New Human Rights Watch head Tirana Hassan says UK’s plan to deport asylum seekers is ‘cheap politics’

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