Rwanda's genocide survivor housing now ready for migrants from Britain
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FILE - The interior of the Hope Hostel is seen in the capital Kigali, Rwanda on June 10, 2022. Rwanda government's deputy spokesperson Alain Mukuralinda said April 23, 2024, it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom. A view of Hope Hostel, one of the locations where the asylum seekers from the U.K. are expected to arrive in the next 10-12 weeks in Kigali, Rwanda, April 24, 2024. The management of the hostel says the facility is ready to accommodate 100 migrants.
Rwanda says it's ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom after British Parliament this week approved a long-stalled and controversial bill seeking to stem the tide of people crossing the English Channel in small boats by deporting some of them to the East African country.
FILE - White House senior adviser John Podesta speaks at the U.S. Center at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 2, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Liu Zhenmin, China's special envoy for climate change, arrives past demonstrators to attend a new session of talks at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Dec. 11, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A protester is dragged away by police officers during a pro-Palestinians demonstration on the campus of Berlin's Free University, in Berlin, Germany, May 7, 2024. In this image from video, police move in to arrests dozens of activists as they break up a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/InterVision) Students are seen gathered at an encampment with Palestinian flags at the University of Copenhagen's City Campus, in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 6, 2024. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)
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