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The Rwanda deportation policy is horrifying, but that’s the plan

IT’S hard to imagine what it will feel like for any migrant from Afghanistan, Iraq or similar country to be dumped in Kigali this week if Priti Patel’s first deportation flight to Rwanda manages to clear last-ditch court hurdles and take off tomorrow.

Evening Standard

Rwanda plan to deport asylum seekers faces more legal challenges ahead of first flight

Fewer than 10 migrants may be on board the first flight to Kigali if the the flights are not grounded by Court of Appeal challenges

Chronicle Live

Prince Charles said to have branded Priti Patel's Rwanda migrant policy 'appalling'

The Prince of Wales is understood to be particularly frustrated at Boris Johnson’s asylum policy as the Prime Minister prepares to represent the Queen at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, this month

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Rwanda accused of stalking, harassing and threatening exiles in US

African state that signed deal with UK to host asylum seekers perpetrates ‘transnational repression’, Freedom House report says

The Guardian - US

Rwanda says soldiers kidnapped by rebels in DR Congo

Kigali says two soldiers held captive by FDLR rebels, accuses Kinshasa of backing the armed group.

Al Jazeera

DR Congo halts RwandAir over alleged support for rebel group

The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended RwandAir flights and summoned Rwanda's ambassador in response to what it says is Kigali's support for the M23 rebel group's offensive in eastern Congo.

Radio France Internationale

Congo suspends flights from Rwanda over Kigali's alleged support for rebels

Democratic Republic of Congo has summoned Rwanda's ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response to what it says is Kigali's support for M23 rebels carrying out a military offensive in its eastern borderlands.

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Rwandan researchers are finally being centred in scholarship about their own country

It is widely known that African researchers are dramatically underrepresented in academic journals. But it’s still astonishing to see this reality starkly represented in numbers.

The Conversation

Thousands flee eastern DR Congo to Rwanda amid violence

Clashes between the Congolese armed forces and the M23 militia group have sent thousands of people over the border to Rwanda seeking shelter. Meanwhile, the UK and Rwanda are to settle 50 undocumented migrants who arrived on British shores in the Rwandan capital Kigali; we take a closer look. And…

France 24

Commonwealth in Kigali: another chance for Rwanda's Kagame to project soft power

Rwanda is getting its turn to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting from 20 June to 25 June 2022. The grouping of former imperialist Britain power plus its dismantled empire of former colonies, protectorates, and mandates has not had its biennial summit since 2018 because of COVID restrictions. Rwanda,…

The Conversation

Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal

Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issues

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda: Tackling the challenge of overpopulation

Africa's demographic growth is having a considerable impact on the continent's capital cities. Kigali, for example, is set to double its population by 2050. In one of the most densely populated areas in the world, authorities are trying to organise this growth in terms of urban planning and economics. Rwanda,…

France 24

World Press Freedom Day: RSF reveals mixed rankings in Africa

In tonight's edition: Human Rights Watch accuses Russian private security forces invited into Central African Republic of killing civilians. We speak to the daughter of Rwandan opposition figure Paul Rusesabagina. The “Hotel Rwanda” hero's family has filed a $400 million lawsuit against Kigali over alleged kidnapping and torture. And our…

France 24

For many migrants, the view of Rwanda is often far from rosy

Britain’s recent decision to send some migrants to Rwanda is questioned by several people resettled in the tiny East African country who say it is not a suitable refuge

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Al Jazeera

Can Museveni and Kagame’s renewed bromance inspire regional peace?

Cordial relations between the presidents of Uganda and Rwanda remain crucial to the progress of East Africa.

Evening Standard

Rwanda scheme is flawed, but what will work?

When Theresa May told MPs yesterday that she opposed Priti Patel’s plan to send migrants inadmissible for asylum in this country to Rwanda on the grounds of “legality, practicality and efficacy” she joined the barrage of criticism that has greeted the Home Secretary since she unveiled her scheme last week in…

Radio France Internationale

UN, rights groups alarmed over British refugee deal with Rwanda

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers to be housed in no-frills hostel in Rwandan capital

People fleeing persecution to be taken to stripped-back Hope guest house in Kigali, which has only 50 rooms

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Daily Mirror

Man who saved 1,200 people during Rwanda genocide wrongly convicted of terrorism

Paul Rusesabagina is serving 25 years for 'terrorism offences', with his family saying he was kidnapped while on a flight from Dubai to Burundi and given an unfair trial

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda: human rights fears in nation whose leader faces murder claims

Paul Kagame, president of nation where UK plans to send asylum seekers, accused of seeking to assassinate opponents

The Guardian - UK

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers could be sent to Rwanda, says Johnson

PM insists east African country is safe and scheme will prove ‘very considerable deterrent’

The Guardian - UK

UK plans to send thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda, says Boris Johnson – as it happened

Opposition parties denounce plan as ‘shameful’ and ‘evil’; home secretary Priti Patel in Kigali today to unveil more details

Radio France Internationale

‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero not slapped with life sentence: judge

A judge in Kigali has ruled that Paul Rusesabagina, the hotel manager credited with giving hundreds of people shelter during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, will only serve a 25-year sentence for terrorism, not a life sentence as the prosecution has demanded.

Al Jazeera

Museveni’s army general son meets Kagame to fix Rwanda relations

Sour relations between Uganda and Rwanda had led to a three-year border closure by Kigali, that ended in January.

The Independent UK

Charles and Camilla to represent the Queen at Commonwealth summit in Rwanda

The prince and the duchess will travel to Kigali in June, with Charles stressing the need for countries to come together amid the pandemic recovery.

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