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UK pays $470m to Rwanda for asylum deal


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Rwanda will receive at least $470million from the UK as part of the plan to have asylum seekers in the UK relocate there. The UK government's spending watchdog National Audit Office (NAO) on Friday revealed up to $190, 000 will also be…

UK PM optimistic over asylum plan with Rwanda


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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says that the number of migrants crossing illegally into the UK from Europe is down by a third. "People may not know this, but this year because of all the things that we've done, the number of illegal…

Sudanese refugees Seek Asylum in Chad


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More than 300,000 refugees have fled Sudan's conflict seeking safety and refuge in Chad, joining the 580,000 already there. “Chad has been generously welcoming in Sudanese refugees, but Chad itself is a low-income, crisis-affected…

UK to appeal ruling against Rwanda asylum agreement


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A British court ruled Thursday that a U.K. government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative administration's pledge to stop migrants making risky journeys across the…

Rwandan genocide: Kayishema to seek asylum in South Africa


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A Rwandan former police officer, Fulgence Kayishema, accused of playing a major role in the genocide in Rwanda and arrested last month near Cape Town after 22 years on the run, is to seek asylum in South Africa, his lawyer announced. "My…

UK courts to hear Rwanda asylum appeals


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On the eve of the first scheduled departures, the British courts are examining last-minute appeals against the government's plan to send migrants who arrived illegally in the United Kingdom to Rwanda. A first flight carrying about 30 of…

Ethiopian former peacekeepers from Tigray in Sudan for asylum


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Some 40 former peacekeepers hailing from Ethiopia's war-wracked Tigray region arrived in eastern Sudan after seeking asylum. Last month, more than 500 UN peacekeepers who were deployed in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South…