The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kigali, Rwanda will be complicated by the UK’s plan to send refugees to Rwanda.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on CHOGM 2022
Displaying all articles
Internal affairs of the bloc may dominate the summit which seeks to address a wide range of international issues.
The court blocked the UK from deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda until after cases in the UK are decided.
The decolonisation process was to take place rapidly during the reign of Elizabeth II.
Summit provides opportunity to showcase modernity of Kigali and government achievements.
A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.
The deal undermines every human being’s right to seek asylum and commitments enshrined in the Refugee Convention.
Richer nations are increasingly looking to offshore their immigration processing and further their own economic and political interests at the same time.
While refugees in Rwanda have the right to freedom of movement and work, in practice it’s difficult for them.
Top contributors
-
Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
-
Senior Researcher at the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, and Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
-
Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London
-
African Population and Health Research Center
-
Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
-
Associate research scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
-
Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
