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Visit Rwanda: Britain’s harsh welcome for refugees

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The Newroanda Scheme and the Uk. Government's Inability to Show Basic Decency

At the heart of this is a failure of the u k. Government to fulfil its international obligations and an inability to show basic decency, says former refugee Simon Youstao. For those affected by the newroanda scheme, the story will not end when they leave the united kingdom. And it very likely won't end when they arrive in roanda. If the recent past shows us anything, it could end at the hands of human traffickers or in the grip of slavery. It leaves me sitting with this question, when did we become too cruel to care? Like sigal? I can't help but feel like we are stuck in an endless loop where harsh policies get recycled by one government

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