UK Minister for Africa Mitchell in Kigali to launch development projects
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister for Africa Andrew Mitchell (L) shakes hands with Rwanda Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta in Kigali, Rwanda on August 31, 2023. PHOTO | TWITTER via RWANDA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Mr Andrew Mitchell, UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister for Africa, has arrived in Rwanda on a three-day as bilateral relations between the UK and Rwanda remain strong due to the existing controversial migration partnership that will see the transfer of illegal immigrants deported to Rwanda which is still subject to a court verdict.
Both countries await a decision by the Supreme Court after the UK High Court of Appeal ruled that Rwanda is not a safe third country for asylum seekers and the deficiencies in its asylum processes must be corrected for the country to receive asylum-seekers under its migration deal with the UK reversing an earlier decision that had deemed it safe.
