A former Rwandan ambassador to the US has warned the Government that the East African country is “more akin to a detention camp than a state where the people are sovereign”, as controversial immigration reforms edge closer to becoming law. The British Government has said it trusts Rwanda to treat the asylum seekers sent there humanely, Dr Rudasingwa said. “As a Rwandan with decades of political and diplomatic experience my view is that under the regime of President Kagame such trust is unfounded,” Dr Rudasingwa said. In a letter to the editor of The Times on Saturday, Dr Rudasingwa said: “So egregious are human rights abuses in Rwanda that Britain last year joined international criticism of unlawful killings, torture and other violence. “Writing now as a refugee, rootless yet constantly under threat of retaliation by a spiteful regime, I feel for outsiders who battle to reach Britain only to face rendition to the Kagame state.

Source: The Times April 23, 2022 06:53 UTC