New Delhi, March 19 -- Rwanda told a panel of international arbitrators Wednesday that Britain still owes it 100 million pounds ($134 million) under a contentious refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped immediately after taking office in 2024.

The 2022 deal struck by Starmer's predecessor, Rishi Sunak, involved sending migrants who arrive in the U.K. as stowaways or in boats to the East African country. It included arrangements for payments to Rwanda to help cover costs.

Rwanda set up an asylum appeals chamber, created ministerial and administrative structures and "prepared reception facilities for the incoming refugees and incurred significant costs in doing so," Rwanda's Justice Minister and Attorney Genera...