politics
March 20, 2026
Rwanda seeks millions in UK asylum deal dispute
Rwanda has told a panel of international arbitrators it wants about £100m ($127 million) from the UK after an asylum partnership was cancelled
TL;DR
- Rwanda is demanding about £100 million ($127 million) from the UK in an international arbitration over a cancelled migrant deportation deal.
- The Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP) was announced in April 2022 but was suspended and later declared unlawful.
- Rwanda claims it incurred costs in establishing asylum appeals chambers, ministerial frameworks, and reception facilities.
- The UK's current government scrapped the scheme, calling it a failure and a waste of taxpayer money.
- Rwanda alleges the UK breached the agreement by not honoring financial arrangements and refusing to resettle vulnerable refugees from Rwanda.
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