Protesters have been demonstrating at a deportation centre near Gatwick Airport against the government’s plans to send Asylum seekers to Rwanda, with the first flight due to leave this week. Anja_Popp reports.
Human rights activists have been demonstrating at a detention centre near Gatwick Airport against the government’s plans to send asylum seekers on a one-way ticket to Rwanda.
The policy is aimed at deterring people from crossing the English channel and the first flight is due to take off on Tuesday, after a legal challenge failed in the high court on Friday.
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