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Rwanda agrees deal to take in hundreds of African migrants
    10 September 2019

Rwanda has agreed to take in hundreds of African migrants who are currently being held in Libyan detention centres.

A joint agreement between the government, the UN refugee agency (UNHRC) and the African Union (AU) was announced on Tuesday.

An initial group of 500 people will be evacuated by aeroplane to Rwanda in the coming weeks, a statement said.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49650689

African also means Moroccan, the North Africans. We will see how this goes.