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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Home Office: Only 21 asylum seekers deported from UK in 18 months as Rwanda scheme stalls

PA Wire

The UK forcibly returned only 21 asylum seekers to “safe third countries” in the 18 months since Brexit came into effect, new figures show as the Rwanda scheme stalls.

Almost 16,000 asylum seekers were considered for removal because the government declared their claims “inadmissible” between 1 January 2021 and the end of June.

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