Deportation policy leaves Rwandans homeless

Former residents of a hostel in the Rwandan capital Kigali, who were forced to leave to make way for asylum-seekers being flown in from the United Kingdom under a controversial agreement between the governments of the two countries, have reportedly been left homeless while the accommodation remains empty.

In April, British Home Secretary Priti Patel signed a deal worth 120 million pounds ($139.5 million) for people arriving in the UK, having crossed the English Channel from mainland Europe in small boats, to be sent to the landlocked African country.

The first deportation flight was supposed to have taken off in June, but was halted at the last minute after the European Court of Human Rights granted an injunction, saying that the High Court in London needed to examine whether the policy was lawful, with a hearing on the matter scheduled to take place in September.