Rwanda says UK asylum seekers to arrive ‘in next few weeks’
5 years agoA worker stands next to a small scale model of the Hope Hostel LTD, which is getting ready to welcome the migrants from United Kingdom (UK) in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 19, 2022. - The Hope Hostel has 50 rooms and can host 100 migrants in total and used to welcome genocide orphans. Rwandan authorities organized a press trip to three sites where migrants will be welcome. Britain is to send migrants and asylum-seekers who cross the Channel thousands of miles away to Rwanda, according to a controversial deal announced Thursday as the government tries to clamp down on record numbers of people making the perilous journey. (Photo by Simon WOHLFAHRT / AFP)
The first batch of asylum seekers sent to Rwanda from the UK under a controversial new deal will likely arrive in the East African nation "in the next few weeks", officials in Kigali said Thursday.