The United Kingdom’s Home Office will launch an operation to detain asylum seekers in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda, The Guardian UK reported on Sunday.
The surprise operation would start a week earlier than expected across the UK.
The Guardian reported that officials would begin to detain asylum seekers who show up for routine meetings at immigration offices.
Officials would also make arrest the country in a two-week exercise.
Those detained would be taken to detention centres already prepared for the operation. UK authorities are expected to start sending the asylum seekers to Rwanda this summer.
Already, many asylum seekers are tilting towards Ireland for safety.
UK’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the influx of asylum…
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