The Netherlands is considering a plan to send rejected asylum seekers from the African continent to Uganda. While the plan is still in its early stages, it appears to be symptomatic of a new trend among European governments to try to outsource their migration concerns.
Irshad’s journey from Libya to Rwanda reflects the challenges faced by refugees awaiting resettlement. Transferred through a UNHCR program, he remains in the Gashora transit center, hoping for relocation to a third country. As European countries explore outsourcing asylum, Irshad's experience raises questions about Rwanda as a temporary location for refugees.
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has said it needs 21.4 million dollars until the end of this year to boost its response and prevention efforts to aid refugees amid the mpox emergency.
Joachim Stamp accused Russia and Belarus of encouraging migration to the EU as part of their "hybrid warfare." These migrants should be sent to a third country such as Rwanda, he suggested.
Rwanda markets itself as part of the solution to Europe’s migration crisis. Even though its deportation deal with the United Kingdom was scrapped, the reputation of the East African country is still intact and it looks set to walk away with about $307 million in the bank.
The High Court cases of three asylum seekers who had brought legal action to block their potential removal to Rwanda were resolved on Tuesday after the UK's incoming Labour government vowed to scrap the controversial deportation policy.
Following the collapse of the UK's so-called Rwanda plan to send asylum seekers to be processed and rehoused in the African nation, the debate on using third countries to outsource asylum procedures continues across Europe -- including in Germany.
New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is scrapping the Rwanda deportation plan by the previous Conservative government, saying its policy to keep irregular migration at bay has had the "complete opposite effect."
A video clip of Keir Starmer refering to plans to return 'people coming from countries like Bangladesh' has angered many in the British Labour Party as well as the Bangladeshi community.
The German government will continue to study asylum procedures in other countries, hoping to find a model for its own use. Italy's agreement with Albania and the UK's with Rwanda were among the models already reviewed.
Since the Taliban barred girls from attending secondary school and university on September 18, 2021, more than 40 girls have moved from Afghanistan to Rwanda to continue their schooling starting in early 2023, IOM stated in a release.
At least 50 migrants detained by UK authorities ahead of possible deportation to Rwanda will be granted bail, lawyers said on Wednesday.