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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal and Haroon Siddique

Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’

Priti Patel and Vincent Biruta
The home secretary, Priti Patel, and the Rwandan foreign minister, Vincent Biruta, sign a deal to process UK asylum seekers in Rwanda last month. Photograph: Eugene Uwimana/EPA

Ministers’ threats to send unauthorised migrants to Rwanda are having a detrimental impact on the physical and psychological health of people seeking asylum, according to two major refugee charities.

The British Red Cross and the Refugee Council, which worked with nearly 44,000 people in the asylum process, warn that they are disappearing from hotels and are reluctant to claim support for fear of deportation, detention and other harsh measures.

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