LONDON (AP) — A scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen,” the U.K.’s new home secretary said Monday as she put the cost at 700 million pounds ($904 million) in public...
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Rwanda says it is aware of the UK’s intention to terminate contentious deportation scheme
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government says it is aware of the United Kingdom’s intention to terminate its plan to deport asylum-seekers to the East African country. In a statement late Monday, the office of the Rwandan government spokesman said the deal had been initiated by the UK “to address the crisis of irregular migration...
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G7 summit key agendas: What can you expect? – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to attend the annual G7 summit which is scheduled to be held in Italy in the region of Puglia from June 13 to 15. PM Modi will hold bilateral talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, continuing their dialogue from her visit to India in March...
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Why is Kenya investigating alleged abuse by UK soldiers?
Kenya this week kick-started public hearings into widespread allegations that United Kingdom soldiers stationed in the East African country have committed multiple human rights violations. For over a decade, locals on different occasions accused British soldiers training in towns in central Kenya of misconduct, environmental degradation, murder, and a host of other serious offences. The...
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‘Can’t give them jobs’: Rwandans grapple with fears over UK asylum plan
Kigali, Rwanda – Lush hills draped in verdure belie the controversies surrounding two locations in Kigali that may soon host hundreds of people who had no plans of ever living in Rwanda. In northern Kigali, Hope Hostel sits on a hill overlooking the capital. Across town in the southwest sits the Bwiza Riverside Estate, where...