{"id":2000116076,"date":"2026-06-18T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000116076"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:18:33","slug":"rwanda-receives-173-asylum-seekers-evacuated-from-libya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-receives-173-asylum-seekers-evacuated-from-libya\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda receives 173 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The group includes 85 Sudanese nationals, many of whom have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also consists of 66 Eritreans, two Ethiopians and 12 South Sudanese nationals. The arrivals were received in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of those evacuated from Libya are migrants and asylum seekers who had hoped to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea. A significant number attempt the journey without valid travel documents, while others perish before reaching their destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evacuees are hosted under the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM), a UNHCR programme that provides temporary protection for refugees and asylum seekers stranded in Libya while durable solutions, including resettlement opportunities, are sought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement posted on X, MINEMA reaffirmed Rwanda\u2019s commitment to offering refuge to people in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2019, Rwanda has received more than 3,000 refugees and asylum seekers evacuated from Libya. Of these, 2,623 have been successfully resettled in third countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the countries that have received the largest number of refugees and asylum seekers transferred from Rwanda are Canada, Finland and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group of 173 asylum seekers have been evacuated from Libya arrived in Rwanda under the Emergency Transit Mechanism, a programme implemented in partnership with UNHCR.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The latest group of asylum seekers received in Rwanda includes nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and South Sudan who were evacuated from Libya.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Officials from MINEMA and UNHCR welcomed 173 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya as Rwanda received the 23rd group under the Emergency Transit Mechanism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Rwanda\u2019s Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) has announced the arrival of the 23rd group of 173 asylum seekers evacuated from Libya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000116079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000116076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-37","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000116079,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/hlc4zdlxsaae3aa-c1122.jpg","alt":"","caption":"The latest group of asylum seekers received in Rwanda includes nationals from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia and South Sudan who were evacuated from Libya.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/hlc4zdlxsaae3aa-c1122.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/hlc4zdlxsaae3aa-c1122.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/hlc4zdlxsaae3aa-c1122.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/hlc4zdlxsaae3aa-c1122.jpg","width":1000,"height":667},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/hlc4zdlxsaae3aa-c1122.jpg","width":1000,"height":667}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000116076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000116076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000116076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000116084,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000116076\/revisions\/2000116084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000116079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000116076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000116076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000116076"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000116076"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000116076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}