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5 EU nations agree on model to send rejected migrants to 'return hubs' as early as 2027

Denmark and four EU nations agreed on return hubs in non-EU countries. These facilities aim to send rejected asylum seekers to third nations. The plan hopes to begin sending migrants to these hubs as early as 2027. Human rights groups have criticized these deportation plans for migrants. European ministers emphasised…

The Economic Times · Sep 4

Rwanda Receives First Seven US Deportees, African Nation Says They Will Receive Health Care And Workforce Training

Rwanda said it received seven people deported from the United States in mid-August under a bilateral agreement, the first transfer in a program that could send up to 250 non-citizens to the central African nation.

Benzinga · Aug 29, 2025

Rwanda confirms it received seven immigrants deported under Donald Trump

The Trump administration has struck deals with third-party countries, including four in Africa, to accept US deportees.

Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2025

At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps

Congolese government, US blame Rwandan army and M23 rebel group for targeting camps where thousands are seeking refuge.

Al Jazeera · May 4, 2024

Rwanda Bill: Rishi Sunak wins crunch vote in Commons as Tory rebellion fizzles out

Dozens of hardline Conservatives who had threatened to bring down the Prime Minister’s flagship immigration policy reluctantly agreed to vote with the Government

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024

Rights group accuses Rwanda of threatening, killing critics abroad

Rwanda's government has murdered, attacked and disappeared critics beyond its borders in a campaign of "extraterritorial repression" that must be challenged by the international community, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2023

Former Rwandan police officer Fulgence Kayishema, accused of thousands of killings, arrested in South Africa

Fulgence Kayishema was living under a false name at a grape farm in South Africa when he was arrested for ordering the murder of thousands of Tutsis in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.

ABC News · May 26, 2023

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in S.Africa, to face extradition hearing

A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, a U.N. war crimes tribunal and South African police said on Thursday.

Reuters · May 25, 2023

'Hotel Rwanda' hero's release came from desire to end diplomatic sore point

The release of Paul Rusesabagina from a Rwandan prison late on Friday was the result of months of negotiations between Washington and Kigali, with both eager to draw a line under what they described as an "irritant" to their relationship.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2023

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina freed from Rwandan jail

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda," was released from a Rwandan prison on Friday, U.S. officials said, after his sentence was commuted following intense diplomacy by the United States.

Reuters · Mar 24, 2023