The eight-page booklet included a map of Africa, pictures of Rwanda's capital Kigali, statistics about the country and pictures of the accommodation they will be living in.
Glossy promotional leaflet handed out to asylum seekers detained under Rishi Sunak’s deportation policyAsylum seekers who have been detained under Rishi Sunak’s deportation policy are being handed a colourful promotional document entitled: “I’m being relocated to Rwanda. What does it mean to me?”The news came as the government faced a second legal challenge over the prime minister’s £500m policy and it emerged that dozens of asylum seekers were being forcibly taken to detention centres. Continue...
Exclusive: Operation comes weeks earlier than expected and is thought to have been timed to coincide with local elections The Home Office will launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday, weeks earlier than expected, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, the Guardian can reveal.Officials plan to hold refugees who turn up for routine meetings at immigration service offices or bail appointments and will also pick people up nationwide in a surprise two-week...
The Home Office last week launched a nationwide operation to round up asylum seekers, leaving many fearful and confusedAt 2.37pm on Thursday news that a man had “disappeared” rippled through London’s raid-resistance WhatsApp groups. The asylum seeker had walked into the Home Office immigration reporting centre in Hounslow, west London, for a routine appointment, as many people seeking refuge in Britain are required to do. His brother waited outside.But the man did not come out. Ten minutes...