Over 33,000 Illegal Immigrants Face Removal to Rwanda, Committee Told

Published on April 16, 2024

At least 33,000 people who arrived illegally to the UK are subject to removal to Rwanda once the government’s immigration bill is passed, MPs have heard. Home Office civil servants confirmed to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee on Monday that anyone who arrived by small boat or otherwise from a safe third country could be removed to Rwanda. The removal would apply to those who arrived under the purview of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 and “applies to anyone who’s arriving irregularly or illegally into the UK from a safe third country,” said Dan Hobbs, the director general of the Home Office’s Migration and Borders Group....

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