The Latest Breaking News from Kigali

Rwanda is gearing up host the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting from June 20-25 in the capital Kigali. The East African country, which has dropped French in favour of English in schools, wants to use the summit to promote its tourism and hospitality sector. But NGOs that are highly…

Kigali government seeks to shift narrative with managed tours of processing facilities and accommodation for deportees

A last minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights blocked the British government from sending a plane carrying failed asylum seekers to Rwanda. Amid the contraversial migrant deal signed between London and Kigali, a recent report published by the Washington-based think-tank Freedom House, has called out Rwanda as…

A timeline of Home Office’s plans to send asylum seekers to Kigali – and what may happen next

A first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of a controversial UK policy was cancelled on Tuesday in an embarrassing blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government.

While their immigration status is determined, migrants will take part in an “orientation” programme

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

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

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

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

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has beaten back criticism of his plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, saying that efforts to block the flights were "abetting the work of criminal gangs" involved in smuggling people across borders, while the Church of England has called the deportations "immoral."