UK-Rwanda deal: Asylum seekers to arrive in Kigali in a 'few weeks'
Migrants at the port of Dover after they disembarked, having been picked up while crossing the English Channel from France on April 14, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
The first batch of asylum seekers sent to Rwanda from the UK under a controversial new deal will likely arrive in the East African nation "in the next few weeks", officials in Kigali said Thursday.
Since being announced last month, the agreement enabling Britain to send migrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda has attracted furious criticism from rights groups, opposition figures in both countries and even the United Nations.
