Rwanda asylum seekers: 'Fighting to survive'

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As the High Court in London deems it lawful for the UK's government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, one man from Ethiopia shares his story with lebo_diseko of seeking asylum in the east African country.

, the UK government had said that "notwithstanding some restrictions on freedom of speech and/or freedom of association" it was unlikely that someone being relocated from the UK would face ill-treatment.The plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has proved controversial in the UK

Unlike in some neighbouring countries, homosexual acts are not illegal in Rwanda. But in an open letter to the UK Home Office, HRW said that "in practice, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people face stigma in Rwanda". A slight man, with a powerful singing voice, he leads the choir on the Sunday that we visit the church.

During our six-day visit we repeatedly asked for an interview with the government. Although a spokesperson agreed to do it, the promised interview never materialised. But responding to the London High Court ruling that the UK government's plan was legal, the Rwandan government welcomed the decision and said it stood "ready to offer asylum seekers and migrants safety and the opportunity to build a new life in Rwanda".

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