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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Home Office condemns ‘cruel’ Rwanda phone scam targeting asylum seekers

People protest in Westminster before a vote to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
People protest in Westminster, London, before a vote to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

The Home Office has condemned scammers who “cruelly attempt” to trick people by pretending they can help them go to Rwanda in exchange for a £3,000 government payment.

The reported scam is the latest blow to government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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