The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
A Commonwealth summit in Kigali enables Kagame to position himself at the centre of international diplomatic networks.
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A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
British Home Secretary Priti Patel (left), and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta, seal asylum seeker deal with a handshake.
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The deal undermines every human being’s right to seek asylum and commitments enshrined in the Refugee Convention.
Taking on the UK’s migration management is of short-term benefit to Rwanda, a country facing considerable economic hardship.
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Richer nations are increasingly looking to offshore their immigration processing and further their own economic and political interests at the same time.
Kigeme refugee camp in Rwanda.
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