Rwanda to get first batch of asylum seekers from UK this May

In April, each international locations signed a controversial immigration deal to take those that enter the UK illegally to the jap African state.

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Map of Rwanda exhibiting Kigali

Rwanda expects the primary group of fifty asylum seekers to be transferred from the UK by the top of Might, a authorities spokesperson has stated.

In April, the UK authorities introduced plans to ship folks searching for asylum to the East African nation. However earlier this month, it stated it anticipated legal professionals to lodge claims to stop their elimination.

“In keeping with the knowledge we have now, the primary batch of migrants will arrive by the top of the month,” Rwanda’s deputy authorities spokesman Alain Mukurarinda stated on Thursday. “However … it's the British authorities that is aware of what number of will come and when they'll come.”

In April, each international locations signed a controversial immigration deal to take those that enter the UK illegally to the jap African state. For its half within the scheme, Rwanda will internet $158m.

The United Nations Excessive Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) condemned the scheme as an “egregious breach of worldwide regulation” and “opposite to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Conference”.

Different Western international locations like Denmark are additionally contemplating comparable offers with Rwanda.

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