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Rwandan politician who criticised Sunak’s bill fears for her safety
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza has received threats after saying Rwanda was not a safe place to send refugees
- Rajeev Syal
- The Guardian
A Rwandan opposition politician who publicly criticised the UK’s deportation deal this week fears for her safety after a presidential adviser condemned her for “waging war on her compatriots”.
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, who wrote a column in the Guardian on Tuesday questioning her country’s treatment of refugees, said she has become concerned about the fallout from the criticism after the aide, an ally of Paul Kagame, wrote she…