The one way flight from the UK to Rwanda

Refugees arriving within the UK are being despatched to Rwanda.

Protesters show outdoors the Residence Workplace towards the UK authorities's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, in London, the UK, June 13, 2022 [Henry Nicholls/Reuters]

Hamza Muktareq Tejani travelled hundreds of kilometres and spent all his assets making an attempt to flee the circumstances in Darfur. Six years later, he discovered himself in the UK, the place he wished to name dwelling. Then, he obtained some stunning information, official paperwork from the federal government that stated he could be relocated to Rwanda. He could possibly be certainly one of hundreds of refugees the UK could possibly be sending away.

On this episode:

• Hamza Moukhtar Tejani, refugee from Darfur
• Qays Sadiqi (@QaysSediqi), former Sudanese refugee, now immigration, public regulation and civil liberties solicitor (@bhdsolicitors) in London
• Bashir Mohammed (@bashir_caato), freelance journalist for Al Jazeera based mostly in London
• Michela Flawed (@michelawrong), journalist and writer of 4 non-fiction books and a novel on Africa

Episode Credit:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Ruby Zaman, Ney Alvarez, Negin Owlieai, Alexandra Locke and Natasha Del Toro in for Malika Bilal. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad.

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