Asylum: Rwanda

(asked on 24th April 2024) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many initial reception centres in Rwanda are ready to accommodate individuals deported under the UK-Rwanda treaty; and what the maximum number of people those centres can accommodate is.


Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)
This question was answered on 29th April 2024

The number of people who can be relocated under the arrangement is uncapped and the Government of Rwanda have identified a range of accommodation sites to support individuals under the MEDP.

These include reception accommodation in addition to the existing Hope Hostel, and a range of sites for longer term accommodation purposes.

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