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International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 550 words · By Al Jazeera Staff
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International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal Rwanda’s $134m claim has been thrown out, which bodes ill for other governments seeking ‘return hubs’.

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What happened

International court rejects Rwanda’s claim over UK migration deal Rwanda’s $134m claim has been thrown out, which bodes ill for other governments seeking ‘return hubs’.

Why it matters

An international court has ruled that the United Kingdom does not need to pay Rwanda more than 100 million British pounds ($134m) in compensation over a scrapped migrant deportation deal.

Common ground

The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on Monday rejected all financial claims brought by Kigali, which had argued that Britain should honour the terms of the controversial asylum plan, which was cancelled by London in 2024.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Prime Minister Keir Starmer cancelled it on his first full day in office in July 2024”
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Wikipedia and multiple news reports confirm that Prime Minister Keir Starmer cancelled the Rwanda plan upon taking office in July 2024.
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web search NEUTRAL — After Keir Starmer and the Labour Party won the 2024 general election, Starmer announced that the Rwanda plan would be cancelled and replaced by the Border ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... All of Rwanda's financial claims against the UK over the cancellation of an asylum deal by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in 2024 have been ...
https://www.facebook.com/cgtnafrica/posts/all-of-rwandas-fin…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 ... Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped the agreement shortly after he took office and Rwanda tried to sue for more than £100 million. Lawyers for ...
https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/posts/the-uk-wont-have…
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Claim 2: “Britain had already paid approximately 290 million pounds ($390m) to Kigali before the arrangement was ended.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific amount of £290 million paid to Kigali.
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Claim 3: “Italy’s scrapped deal with Albania”
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Claim 4: “Only four people went to Rwanda under the scheme, all voluntarily.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm or deny the number of people who went to Rwanda or whether they did so voluntarily.
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Claim 5: “The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration on Monday rejected all financial claims brought by Kigali”
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Al Jazeera, DW News, and another independent web source all report that the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague rejected all financial claims brought by Kigali.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Court of Arbitration is a court, sometimes outside of a country's official judicial system, that resolves certain kinds of civil disputes, primarily between industrial or commercial entities or empl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_Arbitration
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Permanent Arbitration Court for clubs and corporations of the professional leagues (short form: Permanent Arbitration Court) is an arbitration tribunal between Die Liga – Fußballverband (The Leagu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Arbitration_Court
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered at the Peace Palace, in The Hague, The Netherlands, which was built to house the PCA. Unlike a judicial cour…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration
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Claim 6: “the bloc aiming on Monday to finalise talks on its Returns Regulation.”
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Claim 7: “An international court has ruled that the United Kingdom does not need to pay Rwanda more than 100 million British pounds ($134m) in compensation over a scrapped migrant deportation deal.”
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Multiple independent sources (The Mirror, and another web search result) confirm that the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled the UK does not have to pay Rwanda the claimed amount (approximately £100 million) following the scrapping of the deal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered at the Peace Palace, in The Hague, The Netherlands, which was built to house the PCA. Unlike a judicial cour…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South China Sea Arbitration (Philippines v. China, PCA case number 2013–19) was an arbitration case brought by the Republic of the Philippines against the People's Republic of China (PRC) under An…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Sea_Arbitration
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arbitration is a formal method of dispute resolution involving a neutral person or entity who makes a binding decision (commonly called binding arbitration). The neutral third party (the 'arbitrator',…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitration
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Claim 8: “In a 76-page ruling dated May 15 and formally announced on Monday, the three-judge panel found that diplomatic exchanges between the two governments after the UK scrapped the deal amounted to an agreement that the payments... would not be made.”
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While the general outcome of the court case is corroborated, the specific details regarding a '76-page ruling dated May 15' and the specific wording of 'diplomatic exchanges' were not found in the provided evidence. The search results for this specific claim returned irrelevant content (solar panels, Tennessee redistricting).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A conflict began between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in 2022 after Rwandan forces intervened in the DRC to provide military support to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership was an immigration policy proposed by the governments of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak whereby people whom the United Kingdo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rwandan genocide, also known as the Tutsi genocide, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide
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Claim 9: “The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration panel found that Rwanda had, in diplomatic notes, agreed in November 2024 “to forgo any additional payments by the United Kingdom in April 2025 and April 2026”.”
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Claim 10: “It was struck down by the UK Supreme Court as unlawful before it could be fully implemented.”
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Multiple sources, including Bindmans and other web results, confirm that the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled the Rwanda asylum policy unlawful on November 15, 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to appeal the verdict at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[36]. The government subsequently launched its planned appeal against the ruling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
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web search NEUTRAL — It means the policy cannot be implemented in its current form. Rishi Sunak said the government would work on a new treaty with Rwanda and said he was prepared to change UK laws. The controversial plan…
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67423745
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web search NEUTRAL — Today, on 15 November 2023, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the UK government’s plan to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful. The decision confirms the Court of Appeal’s judgment f…
https://www.bindmans.com/news-insights/blogs/supreme-court-r…
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Claim 11: “filed for arbitration in November 2025 after diplomatic discussions failed to produce agreement on outstanding payments.”
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Claim 12: “The deal, originally struck by former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2022”
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Wikipedia confirms that the Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership was proposed by the governments of Boris Johnson (among others).
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web search NEUTRAL — The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership was an immigration policy proposed by the governments of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi ...Description · Application · Legal challe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of FORMER is coming before in time. How to use former in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Former.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/former
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web search NEUTRAL — FORMER definition: 1. of or in an earlier time; before the present time or in the past: 2. the first of two people…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/former
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Claim 13: “two tranches of 50 million pounds ($67m) each that Rwanda argued had been due in April 2025 and April 2026”
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Multiple sources confirm that Rwanda sought two payments of £50 million each, which were due in April 2025 and April 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sometimes in April is a 2005 American made-for-television historical drama film about the Rwandan Genocide, written and directed by the Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. The ensemble cast includes Idris E…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 50501 movement continued to see protests organized in April 2025. The Day of Action (sometimes National Day of Action) was a series of protests against the Donald Trump administration held on Apri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 1, 2026 · In November 2024, the UK requested that Rwanda forgo two payments of £50 million that were due in April 2025 and April 2026, arguing that it was ...
https://www.facebook.com/DDIndiaLive/posts/britain-will-not-…
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Claim 14: “the controversial asylum plan... was cancelled by London in 2024.”
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The cancellation of the Rwanda asylum plan by the UK government in 2024 is confirmed by Wikipedia, The Guardian, and multiple other news sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 UK refugee plan is a proposed change to the United Kingdom's asylum and immigration system. The plan was announced and led by the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and presented to Parliament …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_UK_refugee_plan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A conflict began between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in 2022 after Rwandan forces intervened in the DRC to provide military support to the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Con…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership was an immigration policy proposed by the governments of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak whereby people whom the United Kingdo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_asylum_plan
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