Rwanda: Repatriations of Rwandan Nationals Refugees in the DRC Experienced as "Forced Return"

Since 17 May, just under 1,800 Rwandan nationals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been repatriated to their country of origin, most of whom have been based in North Kivu for decades, accused of being in an irregular situation by AFC-M23, the rebel group arrested them before handing them over to UNHCR, which provided their transport to their country of origin. Today, hosted in two transit centres in Rwanda before their reintegration i…