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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

NGOs call Home Office ‘unethical’ over £15m offer to help resettle deportees

The Home Office building in London
The Home Office said ‘continued international cooperation’ was critical to increasing removals. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

The Home Office has been accused of “cynical” and “unethical” behaviour after offering millions of pounds to refugee charities to help settle newly deported people.

A government contract put out to tender earlier this month offers to pay £15m over three years to NGOs who work with people being removed from the UK to 11 countries, including Ethiopia, Iraq and Zimbabwe.

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