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

Union chief accuses Patel of withholding Rwanda asylum details from staff

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services union, has pledged to back legal challenges against the policy. Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto/Allstar

Priti Patel has failed to disclose key documents to Home Office staff detailing how they should decide which migrants might be eligible to be removed to Rwanda, the leader of the UK’s biggest civil service union has claimed.

Mark Serwotka, the general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union which represents departmental staff and Border Force officers, said the home secretary’s decision to withhold framework documents explaining the government’s offshoring policy raised suspicions that it was “built on sand” and a cynical attempt to score “cheap political points”.

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