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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicola Kelly

Immigration officials target mosques, temples and churches to advise people to return home

Guru Ravidass Gurdwara

Immigration enforcement officials are targeting places of worship to advise people with insecure statuses to go back to their countries of origin, The Independent has learned.

Specialist teams from the Home Office have carried out more than 400 “community engagement surgeries” at temples, mosques, gurdwaras and churches over the past three years – a fourfold rise since 2019.

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