Britain sending refugees to Rwanda isn’t ‘burden sharing’. It’s exploitation Joshua Surtees

In my time working for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, a stark fact was often mentioned: the vast majority of the world’s displaced people are hosted by the world’s poorest countries. Today, 85% of refugees live in developing countries, while the richest nations host just 15%.

While Rwanda might be developing economically, it is still among the world’s 2 5 poorest countries. The UK is among the world’s 10 richest countries. To acknowledge the disparity of wealth between