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Evening Standard

Suella Braverman sent advent calendar of refugee “hopes and dreams” by activists

The Home Secretary has been sent an advent calendar featuring the hopes and dreams of refugees and asylum seekers in the UK after she professed it her “dream” to see them deported to Rwanda.

The calendar, delivered to Suella Braverman from a network of activists, counts down to Christmas with a “dream” each day of December from a person who has suffered under the UK’s immigration and asylum system.

Lydia, whose dream is shared behind door number 1, said: “My dream is for all refugee children fleeing persecution and danger to find comfort and warmth when they arrive.”

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