Rwanda’s government has walked back on President Paul Kagame’s stand that the country will no longer offer refuge to people fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mr. Kagame had said refugees fleeing across the border into Rwanda were “not Rwanda’s problem’’ and that his country should carry this burden.
But in a statement last night, government spokesperson Yolande Makolo said Rwanda had no intention to expel or ban refugees.
She accused the media of misrepresenting President Kagame’s remarks.
He tweet read that What the President addressed was the blatant hypocrisy in criticizing Rwanda which simultaneously gets the blame for state failure in the DR Congo and is then expected to accommodate those who seek refuge from the consequences of that failure. END