Rwanda’s Hope Hostel earmarked to house migrants deported from UK
By France24
25 April 2024 |
11:50 am
Eye on Africa tours the Hope Hostel in Kigali. It's one of the lodgings prepared by Rwanda to take in migrants deported from Britain, the first of whom could arrive in a few months' time under a controversial policy.
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