Rwanda constructs new homes for deportees from UK
The Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure, on Monday, began the construction of new homes to accommodate migrants deported from the United Kingdom (UK).
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Rwanda’s Minister of Infrastructure Ernest Nsabimana officiated the groundbreaking ceremony at the Gahanga sector in Rwanda’s Kicukiro District.
Ms Nsabimana said the housing development project for 528 housing units, supposed to take six months, would be implemented under the UK-Rwanda Migration Partnership.
The UK reached a deal with Rwanda in April 2022, under which illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers were to be sent to the east African country to have their claims processed there.
The British government hoped the deal would help deter migrants from making the risky journey across the English Channel on small boats.
Earlier in December, judges at the UK’s High Court ruled that the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda was lawful.
However, they also criticised the government for failing to properly assess the circumstances of the eight individuals it tried to move under the scheme earlier that year.
The deal faced another legal obstacle in the UK Court of Appeal, challenging the High Court ruling.
More than 44,000 migrants were reported to have arrived in the UK across the channel in 2022.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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