The hostel, which once housed students whose parents died in the 1994 genocide, is preparing to house the migrants sent to Rwanda from the UK.
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00:00 A hostel in Rwanda has said it is ready to receive migrants from the United Kingdom,
00:07 days after the British government approved a controversial bill that will deport migrants
00:12 who arrive in the country.
00:15 The measure is mainly aimed at migrants who cross the English Channel from France in small
00:19 boats. Hope Hostel previously housed survivors of genocide.
00:25 When they arrive here at Hope Hostel, they will get different services, different hospitality
00:32 services, like accommodation where we have a capacity of accommodating 100 people.
00:39 The scheme, which was long delayed by legal challenges, has been heavily criticised by
00:50 various human rights groups as inhumane, unethical and ultimately unworkable.
00:57 The British Home Secretary James Cleverley is currently in Italy to discuss preventing
01:03 small boat crossings and illegal migration.
01:08 The UK-Rwanda deal mimics Rome's controversial pact to outsource the processing of asylum
01:14 seekers to centres in Albania.
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