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Namibia: UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal – News

Namibia: UK wins court case over collapsed Rwanda asylum deal – News

Africa Links 24 with Charlton De Waal
Published on 2026-06-02 05:56:09

The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled.

The Rwandan government had sought to sue the UK for more than £100m, saying it had breached the terms of the deal.

Signed by the previous Conservative government, it was meant to see the UK pay Rwanda to host asylum seekers who had arrived illegally in the UK.

Lawyers representing the UK during the…

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