Uganda forcibly returns 1,700 Rwandan asylum-seekers

Friday 16 July 2010 Armed police officers round people up at refugee settlements in the south west of the country and force them on to trucks back to Rwanda. Amnesty International has condemned the forced return of around 1,700 Rwandan asylum-seekers from two refugee settlements in Uganda in a joint operation between the governments of Uganda and Rwanda this week.On Wednesday, armed police officers rounded up the asylum-seekers and forced them on to waiting trucks during two major operations at the Nakivale and Kyaka II refugee settlements in southwestern Uganda.When some asylum-seekers…

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