Rwanda does not return value under the Migration Agreement with the United Kingdom

The Rwandan government announced this Thursday (11) that under a new deal, it will not be obliged to return the initial £240 million that the United Kingdom gave to host migrants deported from London. British Prime Minister, Labor Keir Starmer.

“Since it was the UK government that broke the Rwandan agreement, Rwanda will not return the money in any way, not Rwanda. This is not a loan given to Rwanda, this money was sent to Rwanda to carry out specific activities,” said Doris Uwisiesa Picard. , Coordinator of the Partnership Coordination Unit on Migration and Economic Development at the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“The settlement agreement was initiated by the UK to solve the UK problem and Rwanda stepped up as we always did. We were given the resources to prepare and we did it,” Picard said.

After winning the UK general election, Labor’s new prime minister, Keir Starmer, pledged on July 6 to suspend the policies of incumbent conservative Rishi Chung.

Starmer said in one of his first moves that the so-called “Rwanda scheme” to deport asylum seekers entering the UK in small boats via the English Channel was “dead and buried”.

In addition to the funding Rwanda has already received, the United Kingdom has pledged a further £370 million over the next five years and a further £120 million following the arrival of 300 migrants.

Human rights organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International (AI) have criticized the move as “undermining” the rule of law and violating the rights of refugees.

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