This is the lived reality of the cruel UK-Rwanda plan: 'A former Afghan army officer who helped British forces said he is scared of being forced to leave the country. Another man said he had started sleeping rough to avoid police'. #PlaneCruelty
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People seeking asylum are being rounded up by the Home Office and driven into detention centres. They are being held in cells with limited access to support and no information about when they may be freed. One man has begun a hunger strike in protest against this treatment.

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 'At least one person who was detained and told they could be deported to Rwanda has gone on hunger strike. He said, 'I am damaging my body and my health to get help and to get my voice heard.''
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Separated refugee children are also at risk under the Rwanda policy, because some are wrongly treated as adults. Some of the teenagers we work with were wrongly issued with notices of intent for Rwanda. Good to see this raised in the The Guardian
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🚨 BREAKING: We have launched legal action against Home Office’s new Safety of Rwanda guidance to ensure that all individual cases against removal to Rwanda are properly considered. 1/3

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'It feels like a betrayal.'

Around 5,000 people seeking asylum in the UK have been identified for removal to Rwanda.

One of them is 'Ahmed'. He tells Darshna Soni he is fighting his deportation because, he claims, he worked with RAF forces in Afghanistan.

People seeking asylum are being locked away in immigration detention and threatened with forced removal to Rwanda. With your help, we can keep providing them with the support and practical advice they need to stand up for their rights. Please donate today:
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Did you see Channel 4 News last night? 'Ahmed', the Afghan man interviewed on the programme, has started a petition against the cruel Rwanda plan. Please back his call to abandon the dangerous scheme and protect the rights of people seeking asylum, like him
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An Afghan man seeking asylum here spoke to Channel 4 News tonight about trying to reach safety in the UK. Despite working with the RAF in Afghanistan, he is now being threatened with forced removal to Rwanda. Take action to support him and others like him:
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