Jan 28 (Reuters) – Rwanda said late ‍on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) ​that it had filed ‌an ​arbitration case against Britain over a cancelled asylum deal, which British Prime Minister ​Keir Starmer scrapped in ⁠2024.

Under the deal, agreed between ​the two ⁠countries before Mr. Starmer took office, Rwanda would have ‌been paid ‌to take in migrants who had ‍illegally arrived in Britain.

Rwanda’s ‍government said in a post on X that it had submitted a notice to ⁠the Permanent Court of ​Arbitration, arguing Britain had ⁠breached the financial arrangements of the deal.