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Court rejects Rwanda's €115 million claim against UK over scrapped migrant deal
In 2022, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sealed a deal with Kigali to send migrants arriving in Britain via "dangerous or illegal journeys" in small boats or lorries to Rwanda. An international court rejected a claim by Rwanda on Monday for Britain to pay more than £100 million (€115 million) it said London still owed from a scrapped deal to deport migrants. Judges from the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague ruled that Britain was not liable for two years of outstanding...
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1994 Tutsi Genocide: 'French government has never fully come to terms with its involvement'
Annette Young is pleased to welcome Phil Clark, Professor of International Politics at SOAS University of London. He specialises in conflict and post-conflict issues. As French President Emmanuel Macron and Rwandan President Paul Kagame inaugurate a new memorial in Paris dedicated to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, profound questions remain about France's historical role and the limits of reconciliation between Paris and Kigali.
Macron unveils Rwanda genocide memorial in Paris, marking 'quest for truth'
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‘Milestone’: Macron opens Paris monument honouring Rwanda genocide victims
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UK wins court case over canceled plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda
UK wins court case over canceled Rwanda asylum plan June 1, 2026International arbiters have rejected a Rwanda appeal for damages over the contentious refugee resettlement deal it had signed with the previous British government, which was scrapped by incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately after taking office in 2024. The contentious plan, which seemed at risk of being annulled by British courts anyway, foresaw sending migrants who arrive in the UK illegally seeking asylum to Rwanda,...