Rwanda expects first 50 asylum seekers transferred from UK by end of May

In April the British government “Once they have got their (asylum seeker) status, they will go and live with other Rwandans. They will be free. They will not be prisoners,” said Mukurarinda.Last year, more than 28,000 migrants and refugees made the crossing from mainland Europe to Britain on rickety boats. Britain has said the plan to send people to Rwanda would initially cost 120 million pounds ($158 million).”The UK’s decision to go ahead with expulsions of asylum seekers to Rwanda is an affront to its international obligations and quite simply cruel,” said Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at rights watchdog Human Rights Watch.On Thursday the Rwandan government took journalists on a tour of hostels that were being adapted to house the migrants.Full bed and board will cost the UK government 72,000 Rwandan francs ($71) per person per day at Hope Guesthouse, said Ismail Bakina, the manager of the establishment.