The United Kingdom’s upper house of parliament, on Tuesday, April 23, approved a government bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, citing Rwanda as a safe country suitable for receiving asylum seekers.
Some naysayers and anti-Rwanda elements who are against the agreement claiming Rwanda is not safe, now have changed their tune. From being “unsafe” to being “a densely populated country”! They forget that the Rwanda of today will never tell those without shelter that “she is as full as a glass of water” as despotic president Juvenal Habyarimana used to!
Since the signing of this agreement between Rwanda and the UK many detractors have been promoting a blackmail campaign aimed at portraying Rwanda as an “unsafe” country not suitable for receiving asylum seekers, they even promoted the biased reports from the so-called rights watch and amnesty and those of genocidaires and dissidents who used to tarnish the image of Rwanda, now the UK approved that Rwanda is safe which put an end to their false narrative, they decide to change their tone and say that Rwanda is densely populated.
For Rwanda, receiving asylum seekers won’t be the first time, since 2019 up to now, Rwanda has welcomed over 2150 asylum seekers who arrived on 8 evacuations from different countries like Libya, Eritrea, Iran, Syria, and many others. At least 75% of them have been resettled to third countries. Namely Canada (496), Sweden (255), United States (237), Finland (201), Norway (196), France (141), the Netherlands (52) and Belgium (26).
In 2021 following the war in Afghanistan, the School of Leadership Afghanistan, a girls’ boarding school, rapidly relocated 250 staff and students to Rwanda and restarted in Kigali, the country also received medical students from Sudan who relocated to Rwanda following the conflict in that country, this demonstrates that Rwanda can help those immigrants who are in danger.
The naysayers claim that Rwanda is densely populated and those asylum seekers cannot get where to stay as if Rwanda is not prepared but they forget that Rwanda has set up infrastructure such as houses to accommodate them, medical facilities, legal services, and all possible requirement to receive those asylum seekers, the houses that will accommodate those migrants are set and ready, UK high officials visited those houses and appreciated, those who are against the deal must know that their lies won’t change the fact.
Despite the persistent efforts of funded detractors and “rights” groups to disrupt the Rwanda-UK partnership, Rwanda stands as a secure nation willing to welcome asylum seekers from diverse backgrounds. Numerous refugees hosted in Rwanda have been provided with opportunities for a fresh start, akin to those available to Rwandans. Critics may continue to waste their time with unsubstantiated arguments about Rwanda, devoid of factual evidence.
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