Home Office faces fallout from Rwanda roundup as asylum seekers hide or flee

Immigration officers carry out a detention visit in one of several operations across the country last week. Photograph: Home Office/PA

The Home Office is dealing with growing fallout from the high-profile roundups of asylum seekers it wants to send to Rwanda, as some have gone into hiding while others have fled across the border to Ireland.

Officials began rounding up asylum seekers to detain them for the Rwanda scheme a week ago, with at least one now on hunger strike and another threatening suicide.