Britain allocated 120 million pounds to deport refugees to it. What do you know about Rwanda?

The United Nations refugee agency has warned Britain's Home Office that its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was illegal.

On April 15, 2022, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled an agreement allowing his country to send asylum seekers crossing the Channel to Rwanda.

During a visit by British Home Secretary Priti Patel to Kigali, the Rwandan authorities confirmed that they had signed a "partnership agreement" with Britain worth millions of dollars.

Patel spoke about the content of the agreement during a press conference in Kigali with Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Beiruta.

Under the pilot plan, which will cost Britain 120 million pounds, people who entered the kingdom illegally will be transferred to Rwanda to submit asylum applications and stay there if the asylum application is accepted. What do you know about Rwanda?

land of a thousand hills

Location: Rwanda, which means the land of a thousand hills in the local language of the country, is located in the center and east of the African continent, specifically in the Great Lakes region, bordered to the east by Tanzania, to the north by Uganda, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to the south by Burundi.

Capital: Kigali.

Languages: French, English, and Swahili.

Political system: Rwanda has been governed by a unitary presidential system with a bicameral parliament governed by the Rwandan Patriotic Front since 1994.

Independence date: July 1, 1962.

Currency: Rwandan franc.

Area: 26,338 square kilometers.

Natural resources: gold and tin, in addition to agricultural areas.

Climate: tropical with heavy rains.

Population: about 13 million (2020 estimates).

Ethnic distribution: Hutus make up about 84%, Tutsis are about 15%, and 1% are other ethnicities.

Religion: 56% Roman Catholic, 39.4% Protestant, 4.5% other Christian denominations, 1.8% Muslim, as well as other religions.

Hutus and Tutsis

1901: Rwanda fell under Belgian colonial rule until 1962.

Its population consists of two tribes, the Hutu tribe, which constitutes 80% of the population, and the Tutsi tribe, which constitutes the remaining 20%.

1990: After Belgium left it, differences occurred between the two tribes as a result of the struggle for power and racial discrimination, which led to a violent war between the two tribes and revenge attacks that lasted 4 years.

- About a million people were killed in this conflict, the country was destroyed, people were displaced and dispersed, and hatred, hatred and revenge prevailed throughout the country.

One of the wonders of this conflict is that when one of them was holding the other - from the other tribe - he was giving him the choice between dying by bullets or with a sharp object, and if he chose to die by bullets, he must pay money for that.

1994: The country's president, Kabila, who belongs to the Hutu tribe, was killed when his plane exploded after it was attacked by a missile. The Hutu tribe accused the Tutsi tribe of killing him.

After that, the Tutsi tribe was able to control the country under the leadership of Paul Kagame, the leader of the National Front, and Pastor Bizimongo was appointed as president of the country.

- The government began to pursue those involved in the events, and killings began again, but at a slower rate than the first.

2000: The leader of the Patriotic Front, Kagame, dismissed the Rwandan president and took power in his place.

- After Kagame assumed power, he revolted against the war that tore the country apart and displaced the people and their division. He eliminated it once and for all through strict procedures and laws that restored life to normal and opened the door to the start of a new era for the beautiful, tired and torn Rwanda of the fighting of its people on its wealth.

After Kagame came to power in 2000, he revolted against the war that tore the country apart (Associated Press)

Kagami's fixes

- Before Belgium left Rwanda, it had printed identity cards for citizens according to tribal affiliation, so Kagame ordered the abolition of these cards.

Forming a council of wise men (national reconciliation committees) in each region of the country to reform between the people, where the council brings the two parties and sits together, and the guilty confess their crimes and sins, and then pardon, forgiveness and forgiveness begin.

Drafting a constitution for the country that provides for reconciliation and national unity, and criminalizing anyone who utters a racist term in the country.

Preparing and implementing educational and educational programs to rehabilitate citizens, especially those who participated in the killing, destruction and sabotage operations.

Re-division of the provinces, where each tribe controlled several provinces and regions, and the government developed programs for population redistribution in the provinces and opened schools that included the sons of the two tribes together after each tribe had its own schools.

Develop and develop the educational sector and carry out awareness campaigns throughout the country to combat racism and show its disadvantages and catastrophic consequences for everyone, and allocate a large budget for the children of the poor to obtain their share of education and education.

- Establishing a special law for schools, which strictly prohibits uttering the name of the tribe or saying affiliation to it, and whoever does so will be punished.

Developing and developing the health sector and setting a large budget for it.

Facilitating procedures for investors, so that a businessman can establish his company in only one day and in one place.

- Forming an advisory council consisting of people with qualifications, experience and knowledge, including administrators, doctors, experts and scientists in various fields, to draw up strategic plans for the development and progress of the country and to propose solutions to the problems facing the state.

Interest in attracting large companies to invest in the country, such as the giant Starbucks, which has become today - with more than 16 thousand branches in the world - the largest exporter and seller of Rwandan coffee in the world.

Ending the era of identity killings and abhorrent racial discrimination.

Rwanda is today one of the first African countries to attract businessmen and investors.

The per capita income has increased 30 times compared to before.

The COMESA Organization stated that the Rwandan economy has recorded the largest growth in the world since 2005, which was confirmed by the World Bank report that the Rwandan economy has witnessed the greatest development in the world since 2005.

Reduce the illiteracy level by 50%.

The state budget has become dependent on only 20% of loans, debts and external support, after the state used to depend 100% on the outside with its debts, loans and grants.

The members of the two tribes are now working together, establishing companies together, and serving their country together, after they used to kill each other on identity.