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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Home Office ‘mostly consulted Rwandan officials’ in asylum plan safety report

Protesters chant and hold placards which read Stop Rwanda flights, Refugees Welcome and Solidarity Across Borders
Demonstrations against the government’s deportation flights were held near the Brook House immigration removal centre by Gatwick airport. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

The last Conservative government relied largely on evidence from Rwandan officials in its assessment of the country as a safe place to send asylum seekers, an official report has found.

The independent chief inspector of borders and immigration (ICIBI) looked at the Home Office’s assessment of whether or not Rwanda was a safe place to send asylum seekers, a document known as “country of origin information”.

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