{"id":120642,"date":"2026-02-26T16:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/over-160-african-asylum-seekers-arrive-in-rwanda"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:45:19","slug":"over-160-african-asylum-seekers-arrive-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/over-160-african-asylum-seekers-arrive-in-rwanda","title":{"rendered":"Over 160 African asylum seekers arrive in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwandan authorities on Wednesday, February 25, received 164 asylum seekers from Libya.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ministry of Emergency Management, the new group is made up of 143 Sudanese nationals, 19 Eritreans, one Ethiopian, and one South Sudanese.<\/p>\n<p>They were evacuated from Libya through the UNCHR-backed Emergency Transit Mechanism, which was initiated in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>About 2,760 people have been airlifted from the conflict-hit Libya since 2019. 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