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Western countries are shipping refugees to poorer nations in exchange for cash

  • Written by Tazreena Sajjad, Senior Professorial Lecturer of Global Governance, Politics and Security, American University School of International Service
Western countries are shipping refugees to poorer nations in exchange for cashRwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta shakes hands with U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel. Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua via Getty Images

The U.K. government was due to begin its first deportation flight to remove asylum-seekers to the East African country of Rwanda on June 14, 2022, exactly two months after signing the U.K.-Rwanda agreement. The...

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