Sudanese man held in Croydon, south London, according to the organisation Soas Detainee Support
The case is believed to be the first potential deportation case under the Rwanda scheme since British prime minister Rishi Sunak’s Bill received royal assent. Above: Mr Sunak addresses the Society of Editors' 25th anniversary conference, in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA WireAn asylum seeker who turned up for a routine British Home Office appointment on Monday was detained and told that he was being sent to Rwanda, an NGO has said.
Official figures released on Monday suggested thousands of people the British government hoped to deport to Rwanda had stopped reporting to the Home Office. “They are also from countries with high asylum grant rates. One of them reports being told by immigration enforcement staff that they were being detained in order to be deported to Rwanda.”
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