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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Asylum seekers in UK go on hunger strike over ‘one in, one out’ removals

A dinghy on the water is almost entirely obscured by its many passengers
People hoping to seek asylum in the UK leaving France in an overloaded inflatable boat in July. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian

Thirty asylum seekers in detention in the UK have gone on hunger strike in protest against their imminent removal to France under the Home Office’s controversial “one in, one out” scheme.

The Guardian understands the group began their hunger strike on Monday and many are due to be forcibly removed to France on Thursday.

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