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UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next? | Refugees News

UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next? | Refugees News

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The British authorities have begun a series of operations to detain migrants in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy. The UK Home Office, which oversees immigration matters in the United Kingdom, released a video on Wednesday showing armed immigration officers handcuffing individuals at their homes and escorting them into deportation vans. In a statement, it announced a “series of nationwide operations” ahead of the first deportations to begin in the next nine to 11 weeks. Interior minister James Cleverly said enforcement teams were “working at pace to swiftly detain those who have no right to be here so we can get flights off the ground”. BREAKING: The first people set to be removed to Rwanda have been detained. pic.twitter.com/2WWNhQVC1l — Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) May 1, 2024 Last month, Parliament approved a controversial law – known as the Safety of Rwanda Bill – that allows for asylum seekers who arrive illegally in Britain to be deported to Rwanda, even after the UK Supreme Court declared the …

Home Office has lost contact with thousands of potential Rwanda deportees, data shows | Immigration and asylum

Home Office has lost contact with thousands of potential Rwanda deportees, data shows | Immigration and asylum

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The Home Office is “used to” losing contact with asylum seekers, a UK government minister has said, after official figures suggested thousands of people it hoped to deport to Rwanda had stopped reporting. The impact assessment on the Home Office’s website on Monday suggests the department is in contact with 38% of those it intends to remove to Rwanda. Only 2,145 “continue to report to the Home Office and can be located for detention”, the impact assessment says, of the 5,700 it has identified to put on the first flights. Human rights groups and campaigners have strongly condemned the scheme, which Rishi Sunak has vowed to have running by July. The health secretary said law enforcement would be involved in locating those who had gone missing from official contacts. “The Home Office is used to this operationally, law enforcement officers are used to this,” Victoria Atkins told Sky News. “So the expectation is that we remove that group of people, as well as others, by the end of the year … We want the message …