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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

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

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.

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Trump Admin Already Sending Migrants To African Country As Part Of Deportation Agreement

The Trump administration deported migrants from third countries to Rwanda in August, the African nation confirmed

Latin Times

Rwanda agrees to accept ‘third-country’ deportations from the US

As many as 250 migrants may be deported to Rwanda under the plan, as part of Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.

Al Jazeera

Rwanda agrees to take migrants from US in deal that includes cash grant

Rwandan authorities say they have reached an agreement with the United States to take in up to 250 migrants, as part of a new deal that includes a cash grant. The move is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries, and has…

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda admits it can’t guarantee how many asylum seekers it will take in from UK

About 52,000 people are eligible under the scheme, but a government spokesperson said Kigali would accept ‘thousands’

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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

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

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

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

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

'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

'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.

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'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina to be freed from prison

Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.

The Independent UK

Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed

Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial

Wales Online

Rwanda ‘ready to absorb the thousands that will come from UK’ as Suella Braverman makes plans to deport migrants

The Home Office is 'working towards getting the flights off before the summer'

The Independent UK

Rwandan government ‘ready to absorb the thousands that will come from the UK’

A Home Office source said Ms Braverman was making plans for the first flights to the country to come by the summer.

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Rwanda says Congo fighter jet violated its airspace

Rwanda's government said on Tuesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had violated its airspace, prompting its defence force to fire in response.

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Rwanda says Congo fighter jet briefly violated its air space

Rwanda's government said on Wednesday that a fighter jet from Democratic Republic of Congo briefly violated its airspace, the latest accusation to fly between the two countries whose relations have frayed this year.

The Independent UK

Rwanda rejects UN report on support for rebels in Congo

Rwanda’s government is rejecting a report by United Nations experts saying they have “solid evidence” that members of Rwanda’s armed forces are conducting operations in eastern Congo in support of the M23 rebel group whose deadly resurgence has led to growing Congo-Rwanda tensions and talk of war

The National (Scotland)

Tories spend £120m on Rwanda plan – but country 'can only accept 200 migrants'

RWANDA can only accept a “couple of hundred” migrants despite the Tory government already having spent £120 million on the scheme.

Evening Standard

Rwanda says it can only bring in 200 migrants from UK under controversial deportation scheme

The African nation had originally agreed to take up to 1,000 migrants from the UK

The Independent UK

Critics paint unfair picture of Africa as a ‘hell-hole’ – Rwandan government

Yolande Makolo said the country’s deal with the UK is a way to give youngsters the chance to build a life and “make it” in the east African nation.

The Independent UK

UK could lose £120m if Rwanda deal ruled unlawful

The east African nation’s government confirmed it has already received the entire initial payment for the agreement signed by Priti Patel in April.

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