Everything was ready at Hope Hostel in Kigali. A new coat of paint was applied. The bed was clean and fresh. A kit of toiletries is kept in each of the 50 rooms. the cooks were on deck to serve british breakfast And the food at this establishment that has just been renovated for the occasion. A wooden shed was also built next to the restaurant to serve as a small business. Garden and playground were laid out. And a basketball court was just waiting for the players.

The manager of the hotel, which overlooks the lush green hills of Rwanda’s capital, has done everything to make his guests feel “at his house”, “They can come and go as they please. They won’t be in jail.”he would like to point out For “France 24”Joe was invited to visit the campus during a well-oiled government communications campaign among the media.

Such that their “guests” were not guests like the others. After nearly three decades as student survivors of the 1994 massacre, Hope Hostel was to become the first home for asylum seekers deported from Britain. An agreement was reached between London and Kigali which plans to send refugees of different nationalities coming from 1^er January on floating boats by the English Channel, without them passed