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Rwanda announced that the “controversial migrant agreement concluded with the United Kingdom and abandoned by the new government” does not require the return of funds sent.
The United Kingdom has informed the Rwandan authorities that it will cancel the immigration agreement signed between the two countries, which aims to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats to live in the United Kingdom.
The migration agreement, signed in April 2022, stipulates that migrants and asylum seekers who arrive in the United Kingdom via the English Channel will be deported to Rwanda, where their asylum applications will be processed.
So far, London has paid £240 million (€280 million) to Kigali since former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the plan two years ago.
Last November, the British Supreme Court ruled that the plan, which had been challenged numerous times in court, violated international law.
In this context, the Rwandan government’s assistant spokesman, Allen Mukur Elinda, said, “The agreement that was signed does not stipulate that we must return the money. “Let it be clear that returning the money was never part of the agreement.”
He explained that the United Kingdom contacted Rwanda and asked it to conclude a partnership, which was the subject of “in-depth discussions.” He said that “the agreement was presented to the courts and was subsequently amended, and then it was presented to Parliament and ultimately became an agreement between the two countries.”
Rwanda receives 113 refugees and migrants from Libya as part of the emergency evacuation mechanism