Rwanda's genocide survivor housing now ready for migrants from Britain

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.