Norway to take in 500 migrants from Rwanda

Addis Ababa, January 8, 2020 (FBC) -Norway has offered to take in 500 migrants who were evacuated to Rwanda from Libyan detention centres.

Sweden has already taken in seven migrants, The New Times, a pro-Rwandan government newspaper, quotes Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta as saying.

Rwanda signed an agreement last year with the UN refugee agency and the African Union to resettle migrants who had become trapped in dangerous conditions in Libya while trying to reach Europe.

Norwegian Justice Minister Joeran Kallmyr was quoted by the Reuters news agency as saying Norway would take in an additional 100 of the migrants by the end of the year.

The rescued migrants are staying at Gashora transit centre, about 55km south of the capital, Kigali. They are mainly Eritrean and Somali nationals.
Source: BBC