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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Diane Taylor

‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda

People are brought into Dover harbour onboard a Border Force vessel after crossing the Channel.
People are brought into Dover harbour onboard a Border Force vessel after crossing the Channel. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/Reuters

It took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan.

Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel, he is among the first tranche of asylum seekers facing forced removal to Rwanda, on the continent where his journey began.

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