UK home secretary signs new asylum treaty in Rwanda | Migration News

James Cleverly visits Rwanda after a UK court ruling declared a deportation scheme to the East African nation illegal.

British Home Secretary James Cleverly has signed a new treaty to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after the United Kingdom’s top court declared the deportation scheme unlawful.

The agreement was signed by Cleverly, who travelled to Rwanda’s capital Kigali on Tuesday, and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta.

The details of the new agreement were not immediately available but British media reports said it would include commitments by Rwanda regarding the treatment of…