This is not the first time Rwanda has taken in asylum seekers from a third country. Trying to reach Europe, he got stuck in a Libyan detention facility for a year before the UN took him to Rwanda’s Gashora camp. Conditions are much better in Rwanda, Nyuon said, but he and many others migrants sent from Libya are set on getting to Europe. When I reach Europe or Canada I will study and work,” echoed Eritrean Teame Goitom. Israel attempted a similar migrant transfer program as Britain starting in 2014, sending mainly Sudanese and Eritreans asylum seekers to Rwanda and Uganda.

Source: Libya Today June 14, 2022 21:20 UTC