Trump’s immigration crackdown is once again expanding. According to reports, the administration has inked a deal with Rwanda (who has numerous human rights abuses on its record) to accept up to 250 people.
The Lowdown
Reuters reports that Donald Trump ‘s administration has inked a new deal with the country of Rwanda to accept deportees. Rwanda will accept up to 250 people all vetted by the country and later will receive benefits to accelerate their integration into society. But the move does not come without concern for those deported.
But let’s dig into Rwanda ‘s record on human rights.
According to Human Rights Watch, Rwanda has been accused of a host of offenses including but not limited too: abusive prosecutions, enforced disappearances, and in certain cases outright died under certain circumstances all mainly against commentators, journalists, opposition activists, and anyone brave enough to speak out against the system. Human Rights Watch further alleges that the Rwandan army is helping arm the M23 armed group particularly in maintaining its control over Rutshuru and the neirby Masisi territories.
In other cases, Rwandan authorities have been accused of ‘disappearing’ undesirable people (including: the homeless, sex workers, street vendors, beggars, street children and those in between before major events or government visits from other countries — its deception is at scale.
Those deported to Rwanda may very likely face quite hard conditions in the country.