UK court clears Rwanda to host immigrants for Europe

Rwanda UK migrants

Protesters demonstrate outside the Rwanda High Commission against the Home Office's plan to relocate illegal immigrants to Rwanda. PHOTO | WIKTOR SZYMANOWICZ | ANADOLU AGENCY 

Rwanda could become a processing centre for several Northern and Western European countries currently under internal pressure to curb illegal immigration.

This week, a UK court validated plans by the UK government to resettle migrants in Rwanda despite outrage over the plan by human rights activists who dragged the government to court, claiming its migration partnership with Rwanda signed in April this year is illegal and violates human rights.