Kigali, Rwanda | THE NEW TIMES | The Government of Rwanda has accused the United Kingdom of breaching trust and taking unjustified punitive measures against Kigali, and has demanded that the latter pays £50 million under the now-defunct Migration and Economic Development Partnership. Yolande Makolo, the spokesperson for the Rwandan …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and religious leaders have agreed to jointly educate Ugandans about safe migration. This decision resulted from a three-day engagement on safe migration between the IOM and the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU). In search of better opportunities, many Ugandans …
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Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been endorsed to the Khartoum Process Steering Committee, an announcement made during the Senior Officials’ Meeting taking place in Cairo, Egypt 17th -18th April 2024 The Khartoum Process was established in November 2014 to serve as a platform for political cooperation amongst …
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Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | European Union (EU) leaders failed to reach consensus on migration Friday after a two-day summit. Poland and Hungary continued to oppose a proposed obligation for EU countries to welcome migrants to their land or else pay a fee of 20,000 euros (21,826 U.S. dollars) for each …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has ruled as unlawful the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership. The asylum partnership arrangement was to enable the UK to send some people to Rwanda who would otherwise claim asylum in the UK. Rwanda would consider them for permission to stay …
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Rome, Italy | Xinhua | An extraordinary European Council summit convened in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, economic policy and migration wrapped up on Friday with unresolved differences among leaders over key issues. Although there was some agreement on continued European support to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, opinions diverged on immigration …
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Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | “The migratory situation in the European Union (EU) is strained,” the member states’ justice and home affairs ministers agreed at their Council meeting here on Thursday. “There is an urgent need to strengthen the external borders, increase returns, and prevent irregular migration,” they said, according to a …
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Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Climate change is one of the main causes of migration and forced displacement in Africa, officials said Tuesday as the Pan African Forum on Migration began in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, to discuss how to tackle the issue. The two-day event convened more than 200 delegates from …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) is consulting widely on ways of streamlining migration in the region to make it more beneficial to the development of the member countries. The ministers in charge of EAC, internal and labour, directorates of immigration from the region, as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze has met the Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mohammed Abdiker in Kampala. The two leaders discussed the harmonization of labour migration policies in the East and Horn of Africa region, …
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