Rwanda migrant deal now covers non-asylum seekers

Rwanda asylum seekrs

Asylum seekers from Libya arriving in Rwanda in December 2020. An addendum to the memorandum of understanding between UK and Rwanda will now see the transfer of people who have not claimed asylum in the UK to Kigali. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

An addendum to the memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom (UK) and Rwanda, signed last month when UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman visited Kigali, will now see the transfer of people who have not claimed asylum in the UK to Kigali.

The initial memorandum signed on April 13, 2022 was limited to illegal migrants arriving on small boats, seeking asylum in the UK.