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Rwanda

Tamil asylum seekers on a boat travelling across the Indian Ocean

Tamil refugees fled Sri Lanka years ago, but ill-fated voyage has brought them no closer to peace

UKNovember 01, 2024

A drive to 'stop the boats' carrying illegal migrants over the English Channel is at the heart of Rishi Sunak's election campaign. AP

Rishi Sunak puts Rwanda migrant plan at heart of election battle

UKMay 23, 2024

Migrants rescued from a boat crossing the English Channel land on Dungeness Beach in Kent, on August 21, 2023. EPA

UK and Austria to agree on sending migrants to third countries

UKMay 20, 2024

A view of Hope Hostel, one of the locations where the asylum seekers from the UK are expected to arrive this summer. AP

Rwanda will not say how many migrants it will take in UK deal

UKMay 05, 2024

A staff member prepares a room at Hope Hostel, in Rwanda's capital Kigali, which is preparing to receive failed asylum seekers from the UK. AFP

UK removes first asylum seeker to Rwanda in voluntary scheme

UKMay 01, 2024

A smuggler boat off France with people on board trying to reach England. AFP

Rishi Sunak: Rwanda deportations already a deterrent

UKApril 27, 2024

Men bury a coffin containing the newly discovered remains of a victim of the 1994 Rwanda genocide at a memorial in the capital, Kigali. The country is still coming to terms with the brutal violence 30 years ago that the UN estimates claimed more than a million lives. AFP

How Rwanda rebuilt after the 1994 genocide

CommentApril 07, 2024

Migrants are taken in to Dover, Kent, from a small boat in the English Channel, on February 25. PA

UK plan to pay migrants to move to Rwanda voluntarily

UKMarch 12, 2024

Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, where he called for greater African unity. Victor Besa / The National

World not learning lessons of past, Rwandan President warns

UAEFebruary 12, 2024

The Rwanda plan is part of the UK Government's answer to a rising number of migrants who arrive in England by crossing the English Channel. PA

Rwanda Bill incompatible with UK’s human rights obligations, MPs warn

WorldFebruary 12, 2024

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. UK PARLIAMENT / AFP

Sunak dealt blow as MPs vote for Rwanda Bill changes and deputy chairmen resign

UKJanuary 16, 2024

In his bid to ‘stop the boats’, Rishi Sunak has amended Britain’s Rwanda deportation policy for asylum seekers, which is now facing new opposition. Getty Images

UN: Britain's Rwanda deportation plan 'not compatible' with international law

UKJanuary 16, 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak preparing to be interviewed on BBC TV on Sunday. PA

Sunak denies doubts over Rwanda plan

UKJanuary 07, 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship legislation on shipping asylum seekers to Rwanda could be shot down with airlines and the Ministry of Defence reluctant to fly people to East Africa. Getty

Airlines refuse planes for UK's Rwanda deportation flights plan

UKDecember 17, 2023

Conservative MP Danny Kruger exits 10 Downing Street with members of the New Conservatives following a breakfast meeting with British Prime Minister Sunak. EPA

Rishi Sunak’s crunch breakfast as Tory rebellion looms over Rwanda

UKDecember 12, 2023

Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt outside BBC Broadcasting House on Sunday. PA

Jeremy Hunt says Rwanda plan can be saved without leaving ECHR

UKNovember 19, 2023