Rwanda admits it can’t guarantee how many asylum seekers it will take in from UK
by The Guardian
The Guardian— About 52,000 people are eligible under the scheme, but a government spokesperson said Kigali would accept ‘thousands’Rwanda has admitted it cannot guarantee how many people it will take from the UK under Rishi Sunak’s deportation scheme.The east African country did not give assurances that the estimated 52,000 asylum seekers in the UK who are eligible to be sent to Kigali would be accepted, instead saying it would be “thousands”. Continue reading
BBC News—Rwanda won't guarantee how many migrants it will take from UK. Government spokesperson Yolande Maloko also feels Rwanda has been "attacked unjustly".
BBC News—What is the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda and how many could go?. The UK government has passed new legislation to let it send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
The Guardian—Asylum seekers ‘hide or flee to Ireland’ to avoid UK Rwanda detentions. Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go into hidingThe Home Office is dealing with growing fallout from the high-profile round-ups of asylum seekers it wants to send to Rwanda, as some have gone into hiding while others have fled across the border to Ireland.Officials began rounding up asylum seekers to detain them for the Rwanda scheme a week ago, with at least one now on hunger strike and another threatening suicide. Continue reading