UK’s Rwanda Plan Risks ‘Serious Harm’ to Refugees, Warns UN Agency
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- 25 Apr 2023
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The UK’s policy goes against Refugee Convention, UNHCR says
Rwanda is safe and will comply with assurances, UK says
The UK’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will expose refugees to “serious harm” and the policy is incompatible with the UK’s international obligations, the United Nations’ refugee agency told a UK court.
The UK’s Court of Appeal on Monday began a four-day hearing on challenges to the policy to fly asylum seekers arriving in Britain some 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) to the east African nation. Read More…
