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The West Has a Migration Crisis. Why Does Rwanda Want to Help?


“I’m not in Rwanda, but I know I’ll never be safe,” he said.

Tesfay Gush, an Eritrean, said when he was deported by Israel to Rwanda in 2015, security officials at the airport in Kigali stripped him of his documents and, working with civilians believed to be traffickers smuggled, forcing him to cross Uganda.

While in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, Mr. Gush, now 50, made his way to Europe. He endured threats, looting and beatings while traveling through South Sudan, Sudan and Libya, he said. After crossing the Mediterranean Sea, he landed in Italy and went to Switzerland.

“The Rwandan government does not care about us as Africans or our rights as human beings,” Mr. Gush said by phone from Geneva.

Ms. Makolo, a spokeswoman for the Rwandan government, denied his allegations.

Meanwhile, at the transit center in Gashora, refugees are eager to move on.

These include Nyalada Gatluak, a 26-year-old South Sudanese approved to settle in Finland.

Before departing one July afternoon, Ms. Gatluak put on lipstick as her 18-month-old son, Boum, followed her around.

“I came here to be able to go where I want to go,” she said. “It’s Europe, not Rwanda.”

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