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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor

Asylum-seeking families with children could face removal from UK to Rwanda

Hope Hostel in Kigali, Rwanda.
Hope Hostel in Kigali has been preparing for asylum seeker arrivals from UK, but so far none have been flown out to Rwanda. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

Families with children seeking asylum in the UK are being considered for forced removal to Rwanda, according to a Home Office minister.

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick told an evidence session at parliament’s women and equalities committee on Wednesday that, while there were no plans to remove unaccompanied child asylum seekers to the east African country, families with children are being considered for removal.

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