At around 11:30 pm, a plane carrying 123 refugees from Libya touched down at the Kigali International Airport. The asylum seekeers, mostly youth, were accompanied by members of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and were welcomed by Rwandan and UN officials. The asylum seekers from different African countries are some of the victims of forced detention in Libya where there are thousands of others enduring harsh conditions. All are part of the 500 refugees that Rwanda pledged to receive as part of the efforts to rescue the thousands that are languishing under gross human rights abuses in the North African country. Williams said there is another option known as complementary pathways that the incoming asylum seekers have.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 11, 2019 05:15 UTC