Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 8.1 of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda, what the criteria is for the accommodation of asylum seekers in terms of (1) health, (2) security, and (3) the wellbeing of the Relocated Individuals; and how the quality of such accommodation will be monitored.

The Memorandum of Understanding makes provision for an initial screening of asylum seekers before relocation to Rwanda which includes a screening of an individual’s identity, security checks, initial asylum screening and processing.

An individualised assessment of each individual’s circumstances will be undertaken prior to any decision to relocate them to Rwanda. We would not relocate someone where it would be unsafe or inappropriate to do so.

There will be agreed monitoring arrangements in place by an independent Monitoring Committee, and this will include monitoring of reception conditions and accommodation.