Rwanda
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Rwanda has confirmed six deaths from Marburg virus disease (MVD) amid an outbreak that has affected 26 people nationwide. Speaking Saturday evening during a broadcast on Rwanda Television, Rwanda’s Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana revealed that the victims and most of the infected are healthcare workers. “Six people have died of MVD, and the majority…
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday announced the approval of 164.6 million U.S. dollars in funding for Rwanda to strengthen its economic resilience against future climate shocks. The package includes 76.2 million dollars from the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) and 88.4 million dollars through the Standby Credit Facility, the IMF said in a…
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Rwanda has accused the US of distorting reality after Washington criticized the East African country for allegedly supporting the M23 rebel group, which has been involved in long-running hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). Renewed clashes between M23 fighters and DR Congo state forces in several cities, including the troubled North Kivu…
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After successfully fighting to get it unamended through the House of Commons, Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill is returning to parliament today and will be debated in the House of Lords. The bill, designed to rescue the embattled deportation scheme, declares Rwanda a safe country and severely limits the human rights laws applicable to deportations in…
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The United Kingdom expects to have to spend 700 million pounds ($878 million) between now and 2030 on managing the arrival of migrants who go there to claim refugee status. The money will cover the interception of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats from mainland Europe and their initial processing but not long-term…
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Right-wing Tories have threatened to vote down emergency Rwanda deportation legislation in the new year if it is not tightened. Rishi Sunak avoided a damaging Tory rebellion on Tuesday night over his flagship Rwanda bill in a crunch vote in the Commons. The totemic legislation, which aims to revive the stalled £290m deportation scheme after the Supreme…
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Natalie Elphicke, the Conservative MP for Dover and Deal, has raised concerns about Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill before the crunch vote tonight. She says Dover is “in a very real sense on the frontline of this crisis” as it is in her constituency that the boats arrive. Ms Elphicke expresses “sadness” for the “many lives”…
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Stephen Kinnock, Labour’s shadow immigration minister, is now wrapping up today’s debate for the opposition. Mr Kinnock calls the bill the “please, please, please make Rwanda safe bill”. He says the legislation does “nothing at all to make Rwanda safe, it just asserts that Rwanda is safe” and that the UK courts are not allowed…
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has doubled down in efforts to implement his governments blocked plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, despite deep divisions and steep financial cost. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has doubled down on his commitment to resurrect a contentious agreement with Rwanda, despite the dual challenges of escalating financial implications and mounting domestic…
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The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn is up next, and immediately asks the prime minister on the prospect of a ceasefire in Gaza. Rishi Sunak says the UK is doing as much as possible to get aid into the nation, but does not address a ceasefire directly. Mr Flynn goes back and calls for a…
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James Cleverly is on his feet to address MPs after the government’s Rwanda policy was ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court. He starts by saying the ruling means people cannot be sent to the African nation “yet”. The new home secretary then claims the ruling was based on facts from 15 months ago, though he…
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Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper addresses the new Home Secretary, James Cleverly, saying he is the “eighth Tory home secretary in eight years”. She adds: “What a mess he has inherited.” Ms Cooper says the Rwanda ruling this morning has exposed the failure of the policy as well as Rishi Sunak’s judgment. She says…
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The UK government’s flagship immigration policy, known as the Rwanda plan, is hanging in the balance this morning after the highest court in the land found it to be unlawful. But what is the scheme? Why is it so controversial? And how has it ended up in the judicial system? The Rwanda plan was first…
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The government’s Rwanda plan, devised to tackle illegal migration, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court, ending over 18 months of legal battles in the UK. Lord Reed announced the “unanimous” judgment from the court’s justices on Wednesday, saying those sent to the country would be at “real risk” of being returned home, whether their…
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Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people and trade to rival Europe’s Schengen zone. President Paul Kagame made the announcement in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, where he pitched the…
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Suella Braverman has defended the government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda after the High Court ruled earlier on Tuesday that the scheme is lawful. Making a statement in the Commons, the home secretary said the Rwanda policy is a “humane” and “practical alternative” for those who come to the UK through “dangerous, illegal…
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