First Rwanda deportation flight to leave UK on 14 June, says Priti Patel
Group of asylum seekers sent formal notices advising they will be relocated to east African country, say officials The first deportation flight to Rwanda carrying...
Category : Rwanda
Rwanda plan challenged over alleged failure to identify risks for LGBTQ+ refugees
Pre-action letter questions Home Office claims that east African country is ‘generally safe’ Priti Patel’s plan to send refugees on a one-way ticket to Rwanda...
UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives
Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to die One of the last five fugitives wanted for his role...
‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda
Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office’s controversial scheme It took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of...
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 Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has suggested...
Zimbabwe denies harbouring deceased Rwandan genocide fugitive
DNA shows body exhumed in the country was Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda’s most wanted fugitive Zimbabwe has denied harbouring Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya after it...
Fifty people to be sent to Rwanda in a fortnight, says Boris Johnson
PM says he will ‘dig in for the fight’ with ‘leftie lawyers’ challenging government’s plan for refugees Boris Johnson said 50 people have been told...
Suspect held in Netherlands over 1994 Rwandan genocide
Dutch prosecutors say 64-year-old man accused of role in massacres arrested after extradition request A Rwandan man has been arrested in the Netherlands based on...
Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave
Exclusive: inside the manhunt for Protais Mpiranya, accused of Rwandan mass killings and the world’s most wanted war crimes fugitive The 20-year manhunt for one...
Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’
Rights organisations say refugees going into hiding as Home Office admits LGBTQ+ people could face persecution in African country Ministers’ threats to send unauthorised migrants...
