Africa is not a place of problems, says the Rwandian government

Rwanda is ready to accept “thousands” migrants from Great Britain, the government in Kigali announced in a defiant press conference before the first arrivals.

Yolande Makolo, the official spokesman for the Rwandian government, accused the media of a "misunderstanding" about how the African country would treat asylum seekers, and added: "We do this for the right reasons."

The United Kingdom has made an agreement to send asylum seekers who have entered illegally to process their applications to Rwanda, where they are then resolved. On Wednesday the first refugee flight has been ending since the controversial partnership began.

It is expected that the aircraft will hardly carry half a dozen migrants on Tuesday evening.

When asked by The Telegraph, how many future flights to accept Rwanda from the United Kingdom, Ms. Makolo said at a press conference in the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kigali: “We are ready to receive thousands during the entire duration of this partnership.

"For example, we offered to record migrants that were evacuated here in Libya, and our president offered up to 30,000 when he was President of the African Union - so far we have thousands, so we have capacities for these numbers."

She added that Rwanda did not know when it would receive the second flight and she is currently not expecting unaccompanied minors.

"We do this for the right reasons"

Ms. Makolo, who occurred in addition to several other Rwandian government, also asked a number of questions about human rights concerns that were brought up by both migrants and campaign groups.

Rwanda is a police state, and an investigation by The Telegraph recently revealed how migrants who were relocated as part of a separate EU program have been left in a "traumatizing" and poverty.

especially asked about a migrant who threatens to deport to Rwanda and the claim that he would rather kill himself than to be sent to Kigali, said Ms. Makolo: "Many of them have the wrong idea of ​​what our country is, how Rwanda is - some of them were immortalized by the media."

she added: "We do this for the right reasons ... Africa is not a place of problems, as it is shown by the media, it is a place of solutions."

migrants who arrive in Rwanda is free to return to their country of origin, and the government in Kigali will help you move to a third country if you wish, said Ms. Makolo.

You can also stay in Rwanda if your first application for asylum is rejected, she claimed and said that the country would try to be a "safe haven".

On the conditions under which the migrants are kept, she added: "We are obliged to provide the accommodation, it is not luxurious, but it will be dignified and decent."

When asked whether migrants would threaten to block the initial blocks in the accommodations, she said: “There will be internal rules, as in many parts of the world there will be some guidelines in many parts of the world.

"There will be basic budget rules for a common facility in which many people live."