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Kigali, Rwanda – Lush hills draped in verdure belie the controversies surrounding two locations in Kigali that may soon host hundreds of people who had no plans of ever living in Rwanda.
In northern Kigali, Hope Hostel sits on a hill overlooking the capital.
Across town in the southwest sits the Bwiza Riverside Estate, where manicured greenspaces, fences and small plots of land paint a picture of a quaint neighbourhood – one that, despite its suburban charm, also feels sterile and artificial.
Rwanda’s government has earmarked the two sites to host asylum seekers expected to be sent…
