Oh Rwanda

[Justin Passing]

English is widely spoken by those meeting westerners, but not the rest. Nowhere near as widely as say Kenya.
Fluent English - very few, but like many places, they understand quite well having watched TV etc. I looked it up because I haven't been there recently, it's 0.2% English speakers. Only about 1 in 6 teachers have English , so...?

If you have a white face , = money, they're very friendly. Not being French, is even better.
Outside the cities they're dirt poor. Quite sensitive to different races of course given their history. I don't know how they'll react to a load of poor foreigners from say Syria, Kurdish etc.
Oh, and they're mainly Christian.

 

[IT Minion]

the key bit is english is the language used in schools to teach kids or did you miss that ?

That will help in 20 years when a decent fraction of adults then speak it.

 

[Notch7]

. really ! guess your not that upto date as per usual notch
In 2008, the government changed the medium of education from French to English.[5] By 2018 the Rwandan government had introduced French as a foreign language class at the primary school level, and French was still widely used by members of the upper classes. A Rwandan historian, Antoine Mugesera, stated that French is still used among the educated, but Kinyarwanda is used for matters relating to simple topics and messages.[6] English is now considered as the primary language among other foreign languages.

what I posted was from the same link and it supports what I posted

where is says "English is the primary language among other foreign languages", does not mean it is commonly spoken



how do you ever manage as a plumber -you seem incapable to critical thought

Kinyarwanda is the national language of Rwanda,[1] and the first language of almost the entire population of the country. It is one of the country's official languages alongside French,[2] English,[3] and Swahili.[4] Rwandan Sign Language is used by the educated deaf population.

French had been the language of administration from the country's time under Belgian administration, between the First World War and independence in 1962. Since the 1994 genocide, the complications of relations with successive French governments and the return of numerous Tutsi refugees from anglophone Uganda meant an increase in the use of English by a higher proportion of the population and administration.

In 2008, the government changed the medium of education from French to English.[5] By 2018 the Rwandan government had introduced French as a foreign language class at the primary school level, and French was still widely used by members of the upper classes. A Rwandan historian, Antoine Mugesera, stated that French is still used among the educated, but Kinyarwanda is used for matters relating to simple topics and messages.[6] English is now considered as the primary language among other foreign languages.

Swahili is used by some people, in commerce, and is taught as a subject in schools

 

[gas112]

Population of rwanda approx 13 million and at present approx 3,150, 000 kids in primary and secondary education being taught in english so around 25% of population at present using English everyday then we have the ones who have already left school after being taught in and using english since 2008 .
yep hardly anyone uses it

 

[Notch7]

so around 40% of population at present using English everyday

Good grief you really do like digging a hole for yourself

just because children are taught it in schools does not mean 40% of the population are using English everyday

French is the most common foreign language taught in UK -how often have you ever heard an English person speak French

 

[Justin Passing]

Population of rwanda approx 13 million and at present approx 3,150, 000 kids in primary and secondary education being taught in english so around 40% of population at present using English everyday then we have the ones who have already left school after being taught in and using english since 2008 .
yep hardly anyone uses it

Only about 1 in 6 of their schoolteachers speak English.
0.2% "English speakers"
- a couple of sites say.

The policy of teaching in English, Secondary up, may not be implemented out in the sticks.

Younger/educated people speak a pidjin English or better, assuming it's not French, over most of Africa

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

French is the most common foreign language taught in UK -how often have you ever heard an English person speak French

Most everywhere I have travelled, they have all been very keen to learn and make use of English. The English are basically language lazy, so why would you expect to hear an English person making use of French unless they had to?

 

[noseall]

You didn't say it was 'predicred' earlier. You said "Just another massive waste of taxpayers cash. £1.4 billion with probably the same bolted on for legal wrangles and little to show for it" and you believed it to be true because you saw it on Sky News.

Correct.

It could end up costing more and being an even massiver waste of tax payers money. At least perhaps a handful of Tory chums may get rich from it.

 

[Mottie]

Correct.

It could end up costing more and being an even massiver waste of tax payers money. At least perhaps a handful of Tory chums may get rich from it.

And it could end up costing a lot less and dissuade those from risking their lives on a dangerous sea crossing in a dinghy or would you prefer that?

 

[noseall]

And it could end up costing a lot less and dissuade those from risking their lives on a dangerous sea crossing in a dinghy or would you prefer that?

Yes.

 

[Mottie]

Shame on you then.

 

[Vinty]

600 crossed the English channel today.
With the arrival of better weather and the fact the migrants are using bigger and faster boats, the outlook doesn't look good.
If any should be deported to Rwanda it should be Pritti Patel, she is completely out of her depth.
I am surprised no one has been blaming Putin for this debacle yet.

 

[Notch7]

Most everywhere I have travelled, they have all been very keen to learn and make use of English. The English are basically language lazy, so why would you expect to hear an English person making use of French unless they had to?

this isnt about travel

this is about people in Rwanda that the fool gas seem to think speak a foreign language all day long, they do not

 

[transam]

Well some of the refugees are from Syria ? So Putin could be said to have some involvement ?????

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Correct.

It could end up costing more and being an even massiver waste of tax payers money. At least perhaps a handful of Tory chums may get rich from it.

Would you risk your life crossing the channel in an overloaded dingy, if having survived the crossing you were quite likely to end up being deported to Rwanda? I don't think any sensible person would, therefore it solves the issue at a stroke. The only cost will be the cost of sending those who are already here plus any new arrivals who were oblivious of the new rules.