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Federica Marsi

UK has begun mass arrests of potential Rwanda deportees: What’s next?

Police officers surround a bus that was to be used to transport migrants from a hotel on May 2, 2024 in Peckham, south London. Protesters at the scene vowed to stop the removals [Carl Court/Getty Images]

The British authorities have begun a series of operations to detain migrants in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda as part of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy.

The UK Home Office, which oversees immigration matters in the United Kingdom, released a video on Wednesday showing armed immigration officers handcuffing individuals at their homes and escorting them into deportation vans.

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