Some asylum seekers will be taken to the Hope hostel – a 20-minute drive from Kigali international airport – where they will be fed, taught about the country’s history and be allowed to walk past the armed security guards to stretch their legs.This may soon be the reality for some, after Rishi Sunak’s vision for sending asylum seekers to Kigali became one step closer to being realised after.
Those who do not want to eat what is prepared in the main kitchen can go for food outside the hostel – or prepare their own. For example, those who want to remain in Rwanda will be allowed to do so and officials say they will also help those who wish to return to their home countries. Those who are educated would look for jobs, Mukuralinda said. But some Rwandans wonder where they will find jobs when graduates in Kigali have failed to find employment.
Corruption is not as widespread as in other neighbouring countries. But poverty is still rampant, with most people still surviving on subsistence agriculture.