Asylum seekers in UK ‘hide or flee to Ireland’ for fear of deportation to Rwanda – Cameroon Concord News

Organizers in UK Are Defending Asylum Seekers From Mass Deportations to Rwanda

When I first arrived in London from Sarajevo in 1993, it was hard to be a refugee. I was refused full protection in the UK despite the genocide happening in my country. But in many ways, things were better than today. I was able to work and study, and I had a right to appeal [...]

Asylum seekers in UK ‘hide or flee to Ireland’ for fear of deportation to Rwanda – Cameroon Concord News

Asylum seekers are going into hiding or fleeing to Ireland as the UK government is proceeding with a plan to detain them for deportation to Rwanda, reports say. The detentions began a week ago under the controversial Rwanda scheme, with the first deportation flights expected to take off in July. “Frontline asylum charities report people leaving their asylum accommodation in order to avoid arrest. They are raising the alarm about the increasing r…