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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Council of Europe calls on UK not to process asylum claims in Rwanda

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, on an RNLI boat.
A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dover, Kent, on an RNLI boat on 31 January. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Europe’s leading anti-torture watchdog has called on the government to process asylum claims in the UK rather than sending people to Rwanda because of the risk they may be exposed to human rights abuses there.

In a report published on Thursday, the Council of Europe’s committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment raises a litany of concerns after an 11-day visit to the UK in March and April last year.

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