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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Over 18,000 who faced Rwanda removal are now having cases dealt with in UK

Picture taken with a drone shows people crossing the Channel crowded on to a small rib boat
People crossing the Channel on a small boat on 6 March. Legislation has introduced increasingly strict rules clamping down on those who arrive via irregular means. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

More than 18,000 asylum seekers threatened with being sent to Rwanda are now having their cases processed in the UK instead.

Freedom of information data obtained by the Guardian reveals that between January 2021 and June 2023 about three-quarters (18,078) of those who previously received notice of intent letters indicating their claims would not be processed in the UK “have been subsequently admitted into the asylum system”.

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