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UK won't get back £120 million it paid Rwanda if deportation project scrapped

The High Court is currently weighing up whether the controversial plan - unveiled by Priti Patel earlier this year - is legal, with deportations understood to be on hold until at least September

Daily Mirror · Jul 22, 2022

Inside the empty hostel in Rwanda where Britain wants to send its asylum seekers

So far only a handful have visited the empty hostel where the first refugees will be sent - but the Mirror's Dan Bloom has been given a tour

Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2022

UK has given Rwanda entire £120m for asylum plan - and it’s already being spent

Rwanda’s government tonight did not rule out keeping the money, even if a High Court hearing next month blocks the entire policy

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2022

What happens when the first migrants arrive in the Rwanda from the UK?

The government aspires to provide ‘clean, modern accommodation’ with basic facilities and a safe space.

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Rwandan government hits back at ‘insulting’ criticism over migrants plan

Yolande Makolo spoke to reporters in Kigali as the first deportation flight prepared to leave Britain

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

‘Orientation’: plan for arriving asylum seekers outlined by Rwandan officials

Arrangements for people deported from the UK described: what will happen when they reach Kigali?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022

Rwanda ‘committed to helping migrants sent from UK to build new lives’

A Government spokeswoman in Kigali said her country has entered its controversial partnership with Britain ‘for the right reasons’.

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022