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UK Scraps Controversial Plan To Send Migrants To Rwanda

Former UK PM's costly plan to send migrants to Rwanda halted due to legal challenges and criticism, leading to over 10 billion pounds planned spending with...

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UK's scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a 'shocking waste' of $904 million in public funds, minister says

The U_K_'s new home secretary says a scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen."

The Independent UK

What could £700m cost of Rwanda scheme have paid for instead?

Scheme denounced as ‘shocking waste’ by new home secretary could have funded teachers, border force officers or renewable energy farms

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Labour promised to scrap the Rwanda policy. But its new approach aims to be just as tough on asylum seekers

Migration policy has always been an ideological headache for the Labour party. Caught between the party’s labour market protectionism and international solidarity, Keir Starmer was fairly muted on migration during the election campaign.

The Conversation

Failed Rwanda deportation scheme cost £700m, says Yvette Cooper

Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as ‘the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’

The Guardian - UK

Yvette Cooper reveals Tories’ £700m Rwanda spend and brands asylum backlog ‘Hotel California’

‘I have been shocked by what I have found,’ home secretary tells the Commons

The Independent UK

Rwanda scheme has cost taxpayers £700 million with four volunteers removed

THE Rwanda deportation scheme has already cost £700 million, Yvette Cooper has said, branding it the “most shocking waste of taxpayer money I…

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Just four migrants sent to Rwanda voluntarily at £700 million cost, reveals Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

She branded the huge cost the ‘most shocking waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’

Evening Standard

Nail bars and car washes to see immigration raid blitz, Yvette Cooper says

Yvette Cooper has redeployed 1,000 staff who had been working on the Rwanda scheme into a new immigration enforcement programme

The Independent UK

Home Office will decide asylum claims of thousands stuck in Rwanda scheme limbo

Previous UK government had built up backlog of 90,000 people whose claims it deemed ‘inadmissible’

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda's Kagame Re-elected With 99.18 Percent Of Votes

Rwanda's all-powerful President Paul Kagame has been re-elected to a fourth term in office with 99.18 percent of the vote, according to full provisional results published Thursday.

International Business Times

DRC conflict risks spreading: African leaders must push for solutions beyond military intervention

In response to the deepening crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the United Nations Security Council established a panel of independent experts in 2023 to examine the situation and provide it with options to address the conflict. In June 2024, the UN released the panel’s final report.

The Conversation

Paul Kagame banned opponents like me from Rwanda’s election. No wonder he cruised to victory

The president won 99% of the vote. But that isn’t a sign of popularity – it’s a sign of a ‘democracy’ that silences all dissent, says Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza

The Guardian - UK

Paul Kagame set to win flawed Rwanda election with 99% of vote

Incumbent president has been in office since 2000

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Al Jazeera

Rwanda’s Kagame wins fourth presidential term: Provisional results

Kagame takes more than 99 percent of the vote, according to electoral authorities.

International Business Times

Rwanda's Kagame Wins Fourth Term With 99 Percent Of Vote

Rwandan President Paul Kagame was gearing up Tuesday for a fourth term in office after winning a thundering 99.15 percent of the vote in an election where only two challengers were allowed to run against him.

Radio France Internationale

Kagame ahead in Rwanda's presidential election with 99 percent of the vote

President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Monday’s presidential election in Rwanda, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power.

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Rwandans Vote In Expected Presidential Election Victory For Kagame

Rwandans participate in a presidential election with President Kagame seeking re-election amidst minimal opposition. Challenges and concerns surround the e...

Al Jazeera

Polls close in Rwanda as Kagame eyes fourth term

Kagame, Rwanda’s de facto leader since 1994, faces only two challengers after courts banned his most prominent critics.

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda heads to the polls to likely re-elect Kagame for fourth term

Rwanda goes to the polls on Monday, but there’s little doubt that President Paul Kagame will cruise to a fourth term in office.

International Business Times

Rwanda Votes As Kagame Set To Extend Rule

Millions of Rwandans head to the polls on Monday with President Paul Kagame set to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five years.

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