Inside the Rwandan center that will house UK deportees: ‘Come as a guest, leave as a friend’

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Inside the Rwandan center that will house UK deportees: ‘Come as a guest, leave as a friend’

At Hope Hostel, all 50 double rooms are cleaned daily. A pair of slippers, toiletries, and the Quran on the bedside table — it’s all ready. But this hotel, built in an affluent suburb of the Rwandan capital Kigali overlooking the city, has never had a customer in its two years of existence. “We are 100% operational,” says the manager, Ismaël Bakina, contently during a tour. “We have pool tables, a sports center, computer rooms. And there is Wi-F…