Germaine Kamayirese

Germaine Kamayirese (born August 5, 1981) is an engineer and politician in Rwanda, who served as the Minister of Emergency Management and Refugee Affairs in the Rwandan cabinet, from 18 October 2018 until she was dropped from cabinet on 27 February 2020.

Quotes

• Rwanda has not taken funds from Europe or any other country to accommodate the refugees.
  • [1] (September 10, 2019)
• Rwanda made the humanitarian commitment to bring in the refugees as part of an African solution to an African problem.
  • [2]
• Rwanda has not taken any money to honour the commitment to host African refugees from Libya. It was our proposal and we are committed to it. We believe in African solutions to African problems. We don’t have to wait for someone from outside to help us.
  • [3]
• I dismiss reports that Rwanda will in return receive money from Europe for taking in the refugees.
  • [4]
• I also dismiss critics who say that Rwanda, which still has a considerable percentage of people living in poverty, has the resources to sustain refugees from other parts of the continent.
  • [5]
• As a country, we have an experience of our people living in other countries as refugees for many years. We know what it means to be a refugee. You don’t need to have all the resources in the world to support the vulnerable and people whose lives are in danger.
  • [6]
• Rwanda doesn’t need to be paid to do a humanitarian act.
  • [7]
• Rwanda Never Received Money to Host Refugees from Libya.
  • [8]
• Rwanda remains committed to taking in up to 30,000 African refugees but only if they are willing to be repatriated.
  • [9]