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UK wins court clash with Rwanda over failed migrant deportation deal
The tribunal said written diplomatic exchanges showed Britain owed no further payments, and it rejected Rwanda’s claim for more than £100 million.
- The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds after winning a case at The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Netherlands.
- Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, Rwanda's minister of justice and attorney general, demanded about £100 million due in 2024 and 2025, plus £6 million in compensation and interest for alleged breach of the agreement.
- Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer declared the policy "dead and buried," while lawyers for Britain argued it was "entirely logical" the plan would end when Labour took office after the 2024 general election.
- Ugirashebuja told the court Rwanda incurred "significant costs" preparing for the partnership and claimed the UK "did not do Rwanda a courtesy of informing it in advance" before cancelling the deal.
- Before the election, the Conservative government had already spent £700 million on its flagship immigration policy, under which migrants arriving in the UK by boat from France would be sent to Kigali.
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