Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that asylum seekers transferred to Rwanda are (a) subject to a (i) fair and (ii) efficient asylum process and (b) protected from refoulement.

Section 9.1.1 of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UK and Rwanda, for the provision of a Migration and Economic Development Partnership, states that Rwanda will process asylum claims in accordance with the Refugee Convention, Rwandan immigration laws and international and Rwandan standards, including under international and Rwandan human rights law. Individuals will be provided with access to interpreters and legal assistance as required.

The MoU also states that relocated individuals will be protected from refoulement.

In addition, a Monitoring Committee is being established to ensure that the provisions of the MoU are being implemented as expected.