President Paul Kagame, who was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was asked by the BBC about the issue of migrants that Britain had to send to Rwanda, and what Rwanda plans to do with those migrants if they don’t come.
President Kagame said that the fact that these migrants have not started being sent to Rwanda is a problem for Britain, not a problem for Rwanda, President Kagame added that the money that Britain had given to Rwanda to be used in the program to receive immigrants, which comes from the taxes of British citizens, would be returned if the program to send immigrants to Rwanda was completely rejected.
“If they don’t come, we can return the money,” he said, The Independent newspaper, written in England, said that 240 Million Pounds (£240 million) is what Britain has already handed over to Rwanda, while another 50 Million Pounds would be given next year.
In the agreement signed by the British government with Rwanda, it was planned that the UK would send asylum seekers to Rwanda, so that their files could be processed. On December 5, 2023, Rwanda and the United Kingdom signed a new cooperation agreement in terms of immigration and development, It is an agreement signed on the side of Rwanda by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, Dr Vincent Biruta, and on the side of England it is signed by the Minister of Local Government James Cleverly, who was You are on a business trip to Rwanda.
The new agreement was signed after the previous one had been signed in 2022, but it will be followed by a long debate that came to the British courts and concluded that ‘migrants should not be sent to Rwanda because it is not safe’.
After signing the new agreement, the Minister of Home Affairs, James Cleverly, said that “Rwanda has shown itself to be a strong country and a good partner for the UK”. Responding to a BBC reporter on January 17, 2024, President Kagame said that in the program to send refugees seeking asylum to Rwanda, Rwanda has already done what is required in terms of preparation, and the rest is up to the British side.
