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00:21 I appreciate the initiative from the Rwanda government.
00:25 It's a country that tried to solve the African problems on
00:29 African soil.
00:30 And I think that's very positive.
00:32 That is also why Norway supports this
00:35 initiative from Rwanda.
00:36 We are supported with paying half of the camp's air
00:41 expenses.
00:42 And we are going to continue to support this initiative.
00:45 And we're also going to let some of them come to Norway,
00:48 because it's 640,000 migrants in Libya.
00:53 And all of them want to come to Europe.
00:55 But there is no chance that everybody is going to get
00:59 permission to stay in Europe, because we are only getting
01:01 permission to stay for those who are real refugees, who
01:05 cannot return back to the country of origin.
01:07 And then it's so good that Rwanda is taking those who are
01:11 most vulnerable and in the most need of protection.
01:14 And then we can sort out and do the assessment here on the
01:19 African soil, instead of bringing them into Europe, and
01:22 then take the assessment there and try to get most of them
01:25 going back to Africa.
01:26 But we are saying that we are going to share the
01:28 burden with Rwanda.
01:30 We're going to take 600 persons in
01:32 resettlements from Rwanda.
01:35 The balance between the ATM resettlements and the
01:40 Congolese and the Burundis, who are already in Rwanda and
01:44 have stayed there for a long time, they also need help.
01:47 So we are trying to find a good balance there with the
01:50 Rwandan authority and the UNCR.
01:53 But the most important message is that we are going to have
01:56 to share the burden with Rwanda.
01:58 I know that there is 150,000 refugees in Rwanda.
02:03 And Norway is going to take 600 of them.
02:06 It's a small amount.
02:07 But still, it's a burden sharing.
02:09 And I also say to other countries in Europe, do the
02:12 same thing as Norway.
02:13 So far, like 6 September, so like not even four months of
02:24 operation, four months after the signature of the MOU, we
02:28 have already organized three evacuation flights, taking
02:31 away from harm more than 300 people, 306 to be more
02:37 specific.
02:38 Seven of them already departed to Sweden as part of a
02:42 resettlement program.
02:43 299 are still here.
02:46 But even if it's a transit, they are safe in Rwanda.
02:49 And this is the most important for them.
02:51 I mean, they are here in a country where they can enjoy a
02:54 favorable protection environment.
02:56 They've been welcomed by the Rwandan population.
03:00 And it was very surprising and heartwarming for them to be
03:04 welcome in this country.
03:05 And now what we are doing, we are processing their cases to
03:10 know who they are, where they come from, what they went
03:12 through, and find the most adapted solutions for them.
03:17 So among them, we have half of them are
03:19 unaccompanied minors.
03:21 We have people who were rescued at sea.
03:25 We have a woman who gave birth in detention.
03:27 So we have a profile of people who are very vulnerable.
03:31 They have been away from any social
03:33 network for many years.
03:35 But slowly by slowly, they are putting their life back on
03:38 track here in Rwanda, meaning that they have interaction
03:43 with other people.
03:44 They are not in a detention center.
03:45 They can go out here in Gacora.
03:47 Some of them are already going to the market, interacting
03:51 with the local population.
03:53 So they are also learning to live like different
03:56 communities together in one center.
03:59 And it's a way to readapt themselves to the normal world
04:04 and to foresee maybe the possibility
04:09 for a better future.
04:10 As part of these solutions, we have repatriation in their
04:14 country of origin.
04:16 If the situation in the country of origin is suitable, we
04:19 already have two young refugees who have to be
04:23 reunited with their family in their country of origin.
04:25 So we are now studying if the situation there is good enough
04:29 to send them back.
04:31 But there is also other possibilities, like family
04:34 reunification in a third country, complementary
04:38 passways in another country through scholarship, because
04:41 some of them have university degrees and could
04:44 continue by studying.
04:46 Or maybe even integration in Rwanda, because Rwanda has
04:50 always been very generous to refugees.
04:52 Integration of refugees is part of the
04:56 Rwandan strategy here.
04:58 And it's valid for Congolese and Burundian refugees, but it
05:02 also applies to them.
05:03 And government of Rwanda say that if some of these
05:06 evacuees would like to integrate locally, Rwanda has
05:09 opened their heart and is ready to keep their heart open
05:13 to help them integrate here.
05:14 But what is encouraging is that when they arrived, they
05:18 thought that they were here in transit for a short period to
05:21 be immediately resettled.
05:23 But now some of them start saying, oh, we would like to
05:26 take language classes, including in English, but also
05:29 Kenya-Rwanda, to be able to interact with the population.
05:33 And they were quite reluctant to take any vocational
05:38 training to learn new skills.
05:39 But now they tend to say that any skill they are going to
05:42 learn here in Rwanda is going to be useful for their future
05:46 wherever they go.
05:47 Wherever means there is options.
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