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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Next government may face claims for compensation from Rwanda flight detainees

Protesters hold up placards saying: 'No to Rwanda deportations. Stop the flights', 'The Rwanda plan is not the will of the people' and 'Refugees welcome here'
Protesters outside a Home Office building in Croydon in April, after the start of the UK-wide detention operation. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

The next government could have to make costly payouts to dozens of asylum seekers detained for deportation to Rwanda, even if the Rwanda deal falls apart after the general election.

Legal actions are being lodged by asylum seekers who say the Home Office locked them up unlawfully before the threatened first flight to the east African country. Home Office sources indicated they did not accept these claims.

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