Rwanda ‘more akin to detention camp than sovereign state’, says ex-ambassador

A former Rwandan ambassador to the US has warned the British Government that Rwanda is ‘more akin to a detention camp than a state where the people are sovereign’ as controversial immigration reforms edge closer to becoming law (Aaron Chown/PA)

A former Rwandan ambassador to the US has warned the UK government that the East African country is “more akin to a detention camp than a state where the people are sovereign”, as controversial immigration reforms edge closer to becoming law.

Theogene Rudasingwa, who was the country’s representative in the US from 1996 to 1999, has been in exile in America since 2004 after falling out with Rwandan president Paul Kagame.