April 2022

Friday, 29 April 2022

A Rwandan opposition lawmaker slammed the Rwanda-UK asylum seekers deal arguing it could create budget difficulties and destabilize the society in the long run. Frank Habineza, a Rwandan opposition lawmaker has criticised Britain s decision to send asylum seekers to his home country. He is one of the rare critical voices on the matter in the East African country. The president of Democratic Green Party of Rwanda called the deal inhumane, questioning its legality: We are completely against these kind of deals whether it with Denmark or UK or Israel whatever. We are not in agreement. If people come to you, take care of them. We have signed the UN convention, all of us, to take care of refugees. It is really inhumane and also against human rights. Because if it is a right of people to go where they have gone, if you send them to a country they did not choose, that means you are forcing them to go somewhere else so that is against their rights. It is an abuse of human rights as well. So we have to respect their rights and the rights of refugees. This comment comes weeks after the British and the Rwandan foreign affair ministers announced what they called a migration and economic development partnership. Budget issues In the terms disclosed, the agreement will see Britain send to Rwanda those arriving illegally in the UK and they could settle in the African country. Frank Habineza believes this influx of population could destabilize the Rwandan society in the long run and create budget difficulties. Conflicts are inevitable. When people come in and you say you are going to give them 120 million pounds and they are going to live a very good life whereas Rwandans they don t have anything the same way as that, then be sure there will be conflicts. People will say, oh so these people are living a better life than us , yeah so there will be conflicts. There will also be conflicts about national resources and competition. We don t have land and if we have migrants that are going to settle here then that means they will be given land, they will also be put into the national budget like others because that money is only for five years. Afterwards we don t know what will happen If hotels intended to welcome migrants are ready in Kigali, on the British side, lawmarkers such as former prime minister Theresa May, have refused to back the deal ‘on grounds of legality and efficacy’. Rwanda: Opposition leader warns UK-Rwanda migration deal could create conflicts | Africanews

Friday, 29 April 2022

Au Rwanda, quelques voix s élèvent pour dénoncer l accord scellé avec le Royaume-Uni pour le renvoi des migrants et demandeurs d asile à Kigali. Comme opposant à cette décision déjà acté entre les deux pouvoirs le député du parti démocratique vert Frank Habineza. Il s insurge contre une décision inhumaine avec pour but de violer des droits de ces migrants. Nous sommes opposés à ce genre d accords, que ce soit avec le Danemark, le Royaume-Uni ou Israël. Nous ne sommes pas d accord. Si les gens viennent chez vous, prenez soin d eux. Nous avons signé la convention de l ONU, nous tous, pour prendre soin des réfugiés. C est vraiment inhumain et aussi contre les droits de l homme. Parce que si les gens ont le droit d aller là où ils veulent, si vous les envoyez dans un pays qu ils n ont pas choisi, cela signifie que vous les obligez à aller ailleurs, ce qui est contraire à leurs droits. C est aussi une violation des droits de l homme. Nous devons donc respecter leurs droits et les droits des réfugiés. Leurs demandes d asile seront traitées au Rwanda et, si elles sont acceptées, ils y resteront. Ce plan vise à décourager les migrants désespérés de tenter de traverser la Manche. Le député de l opposition rwandaise a condamné une mesure qui aura un impact négatif sur le budget national et les ressources naturelles de ce pays d Afrique de l Est. Les conflits sont inévitables. Quand des gens arrivent et disent que vous allez leur donner 120 millions de livres sterling et qu ils vont vivre une très bonne vie alors que les Rwandais n ont rien de tout cela, alors soyez sûrs qu il y aura des conflits. Les gens diront : Oh, ces gens-là vivent mieux que nous , alors il y aura des conflits. Il y aura également des conflits concernant les ressources nationales et la concurrence. Nous n avons pas de terres et si des migrants s installent ici, cela signifie qu ils recevront des terres, mais aussi qu ils seront inscrits au budget national comme les autres, car cet argent n est valable que pour cinq ans. Après, on ne sait pas ce qui va se passer. Mais cette opposition d Habineza au projet de transfert des migrants au Rwanda n est pas partagée par de nombreux citoyens ordinaires dans les rues de Kigali, la capitale rwandaise. Rwanda : l accord de migration est inhumain , juge un opposant | Africanews

Tuesday, 19 April 2022

Débat , Perezida w Ishyaka Green Party , Hon.Dr.Frank Habineza yagiranye n’umuvugizi wa Gouvernement yu #Rwanda Bwana Alain Mukuralinda ku mpaka zo kuzana abimukira (migrants) bahungiye mu Bwongereza #UK, iyobowe n umunyamakuru Scovia Mutesi. (644) Kwakira abimukira b Ubwongereza ku Rwanda ni ukurengera inyungu za Politiki cyangwa ni amafaranga? YouTube

Monday, 18 April 2022

UK accused of shifting international obligations and Rwanda of ignoring issues causing its own refugees . Opposition politicians in Rwanda have criticised its agreement to accept thousands of unauthorised asylum seekers flown from the UK, saying wealthy western countries should “own up to international obligations on the migration issues”. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, the leader of DALFA-Umurinzi, said officials in Rwanda should focus on solving its political and social issues that made Rwandans seek refuge abroad before offering “to host refugees or migrants from other countries”. A second opposition party, the officially recognised Democratic Green party of Rwanda (PVDR), said wealthy countries such as the UK “should not shift their international obligation to receive refugees and transfer them to third countries” just because they had “the money to influence and enforce their will”. “Rwanda has already a high population destiny … and already land is not sufficient for us all, with a lot of land conflicts and competition for the natural resources,” the PVDR said. “Taking on migrants from UK will increase the land burden and survival challenges for the limited natural resources available.” 03:03 Why Rwanda? : government immigration policy fiercely condemned – video report Rwanda produced refugees too, said Ingabire. “These include Rwandan people who sought political and economic asylum in other countries. Such conditions do not in fact guarantee long term security in Rwanda and in the Great Lakes region.“Rwanda has consistently ranked one of the world’s safest nations but at the same time consistently a country where its inhabitants are unhappy.”Ingabire was jailed for five years on what supporters say were politically motivated charges after returning to Rwanda to contest elections in 2010. She said the British and Rwandan governments’ argument that relocating people to Rwanda would address inequalities that drove people from their homes was not credible. The Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, is a divisive figure. He is credited with the development and stability Rwanda has experienced since the genocide in 1994, but he is also accused of intolerance towards any criticism, whether domestic or international. Kagame won a third term in power, with 98% of the vote, at elections in 2017. Opposition politicians in Rwanda face systematic harassment, arrest and detention by its security services. Some critics have challenged the country’s much-lauded economic record. “Inequality is on the rise in Rwanda … Despite the praise it received internationally for its development, the Covid-19 pandemic has further exposed the shortcomings of Rwanda economic progress, especially in those areas needed for Rwanda to achieve genuine social and economic transformation for the wider population,” Ingabire said. Source: Rwandan opposition criticises deal to accept UK’s asylum seekers | Rwanda | The Guardian

Monday, 18 April 2022

Ishyaka Riharanira Demokarasi no Kurengera Ibidukikije mu Rwanda (The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda-DGPR) ntirishyigikiye icyemezo cya leta y’u Rwanda yo kwakira abimukira bavuye mu Bwongereza. Iri shyaka rirabitangaza nyuma yuko byumvikanye mu bitangazamakuru bitandukanye ko u Rwanda rwemeye kwakira aba bimukira ndetse ubu amasezerano akaba yamaze gusinyirwa i Kigali hagati y’ibihugu byombi. Ishyaka Green Party risobanura ko impamvu ridashyigikiye iyo politiki ari uko u Rwanda ari igihugu gito; gifite ubuso buto ndetse n’umutungo kamere muke ugereranyije n’abaturage barwo. Mu itangazo rya Green Party bagira bati “U Rwanda rusanzwe rufite ubucucike bw’abaturage benshi kuri kilometerokare ugereranije n’abari mu bindi bihugu bya Afurika, bivuzeko ubutaka dufite budahagije kuri twese ibi bikaba byongera amakimbirane ashingiye ku butaka ndetse no ku mutungo kamere. Bityo kwakira abimukira baturuka mu Bwongereza bizaba ari umutwaro uremereye bitewe nuko umutungo kamere udahagije. Icyakora iryo shyaka ntirikumira impunzi zahitamo guhungira mu Rwanda nk’aho zahisemo ariko atari izahisemo kujya mu Bwongereza no mu bindi bihugu by’u Burayi. Bityo ngo ntibikwiye ko ibihugu bikize birimo n’u Bwongereza bishyira igitutu n’ubushake bwabyo ku bihugu biri mu nzira y’amajyambere ngo byakire impunzi kuko ibyo bikize bifite amafaranga y’ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’ubushake bwabyo. U Rwanda ni kimwe mu bihugu bituwe n’abaturage benshi muri Afurika, aho rutuwe n’abasaga miliyoni 13 ku buso bwa kilometerokare 26 338 (km² ), bivuze ko rutuwe n’abaturage 459 kuri kilometerokare. U Rwanda rwamaze gusinyira kubakira Guverinoma y’u Rwanda yasinye amasezerano n’iy’u Bwongereza muri gahunda y’imyaka itanu, yo kwakira abimukira benshi bari mu Bwongereza binjiyeyo mu buryo budakurikije amategeko. Abo bimukira nibagera mu Rwanda bazahabwa ibyangombwa byo gutura mu Rwanda igihe babyifuza, cyangwa bagafashwa gusubira mu bihugu byabo, ababishaka bahabwe akazi nyuma yo gukurikirana amasomo atandukanye. Muri icyo gihe u Bwongereza buzafasha u Rwanda gushora imari muri serivisi bazaba bakenera nk’ubuvuzi, guhabwa imirimo, kurengerwa n’amategeko nk’abaturage b’u Rwanda mu buryo bwuzuye. Muri urwo rugendo u Bwongereza bwemeje ko buzashora mu Rwanda miliyoni £120 (miliyari zirenga 120 Frw) mu mahirwe atandukanye ku banyarwanda n’impunzi haba mu mashuri, amasomo y’imyuga n’ubumenyi ngiro, kwiga indimi n’amashuri makuru na kaminuza. Avuga kuri ayo masezerano Minisitiri w’Ububanyi n’amahanga w’u Rwanda, Dr Vincent Biruta, yagize ati “Ni gahunda ntabwo ari uguterura abantu ngo baze babashyire hano gusa birangirire aho, ni gahunda y’imyaka itanu, mu gutangira tuzakora ku buryo bariya bantu niba banagumye ahangaha babashe gufashwa kubona imirimo binyuze mu kubanza guhabwa ibyangombwa bijyanye n’ubumenyi ngiro kugira ngo babashe kugira ubuzima muri iki gihugu, kandi banafashwe no kugira aho batura, kuvuzwa, n’ibindi.” “Ibyo byose byarateganyijwe kandi muri iyo gahunda tuzajya dukomeza tuganira tureba niba hari ibyo twanoza, ariko dutangire kugira icyo dukora.” Ni bande barebwa n’iyi gahunda ? Minisitiri w’umutekano mu Bwongereza, Priti Patel, yavuze ko adashaka kujya mu mibare, ariko ko abantu binjira mu Bwongereza bakoresheje inzira zitemewe cyane cyane banyuze mu mato, ari benshi. Yakomeje ati “Itsinda ryacu rimaze amezi riza hano, bitari ibiganiro gusa ahubwo ari ukureba uko ubu bufatanye bwatanga umusaruro. Harimo no kureba aho bazaba, ibijyanye n’amategeko, n’ibindi. Dufite gahunda duhuriye yo kubikora.” Minisitiri Biruta yavuze ko iyi gahunda igenewe gusa abantu bari mu Bwongereza. Ati “Iyi gahunda igenewe gusa abantu bashaka ubuhungiro ubu bari mu Bwongereza, ku bandi bashaka kuza mu Rwanda gushaka ubuhungiro cyangwa kuza nk’impunzi muri iki gihugu, hari inzira zisanzwe nizo zizakoreshwa.” “Ku bandi bashaka ubuhungiro ntabwo bizakora, irareba abantu bashaka ubuhungiro bari mu Bwongereza kuri ubu.” Ibizagenderwaho mu gutoranya abakirwa n’u Rwanda Agaruka ku bizagenderwaho, Priti Patel yagize ati “Umuntu wese winjiye mu Bwongereza mu buryo budakurikije amategeko azaba arebwa no kwimurirwa mu Rwanda. Hari ibindi bizagenderwaho mu buryo bwihariye kuko turimo kugerageza gukumira ibijyanye n’icuruzwa ry’abantu, hari uburyo bwinshi bafashwa mu bihugu byacu ariko hari n’imbogamizi z’amategeko.” Minisitiri Biruta we yavuze ko u Rwanda rudashaka kwakira abantu baturuka mu baturanyi Ati “Ibindi tuzarebaho nka Guverinoma y’u Rwanda ni nko kureba ibijyanye n’imitwarire y’umuntu mu bijyanye n’ibyaha, ndetse twifuza kutazakira abantu bo mu bihugu duturanye bya hafi nka RDC, u Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, ariko abo ni bamwe.” Patel yongeyeho ko “Hari uburyo buzaba bukoreshwa mu kugenzura abifuza kuza hano n’abo bazaba bemejwe nk’abashobora kungukira muri iyi porogaramu. Dufite itsinda ryashyizweho rigomba kureba mu madosiye rigashyira ho ibigenderwaho kandi tuzakomeza gukorana na Guverinoma y’u Rwanda muri iyi gahunda.” Source: Ishyaka Green Party ntirishyigikiye ko u Rwanda rwakira abimukira bavuye mu Bwongereza The Source Post

Monday, 18 April 2022

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda supports welcoming refugees who have chosen Rwanda as their first destination but not those who chose to go to the UK or other European countries. We think that rich countries including the UK should not shift their international obligation to receive refugees and transfer them to third countries, just because they have the money to influence and enforce their will. Rwanda has already a high population density in Africa and already land is not sufficient for us all, with a lot of land conflicts and competition for the natural resources. Taking on migrants from UK will increase the land burden and survival challenges for the limited natural resources available. Therefore, it’s not a sustainable situation. UK should own up its international obligation on the migration issues. 14th April 2022 Dr.Frank Habineza (MP) Party Leader