Group of asylum seekers sent formal notices advising they will be relocated to east African country, say officials
There remain few details about the numbers of people expected to be sent to Rwanda in this first flight, and how they have been identified. Officials said those who will be removed are already in detention, while the government is braced for a flurry of legal challenges over their removal.
Asylum seekers at an immigration detention centre in the UK say they went on hunger strike after being told they would be deported to Rwanda.
Seventeen asylum seekers at Brook House detention centre near Gatwick Airport, Sussex, have told the BBC of an atmosphere of distress and despair among detainees.
The police watchdog has confirmed it is investigating the strip-search of a third child by the Met Police, after two other controversial cases.
Two teenage girls, known as Child Q and Olivia, were strip-searched by officers while they were menstruating.
Acting Commissioner Sir Stephen House said last week there was a further case but he could not discuss the details.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has since confirmed there is a third complaint.
Six people who were filmed celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday while wearing Nazi uniforms and saluting in front of a burning swastika have been found guilty of promoting fascism. The group were all given suspended prison sentences, a punishment prosecutors argue is too light.
Former neo-Nazi activist who changed course and threw himself into campaigning against racism and rightwing extremism
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