Charities fear ‘increasing risks of destitution and exploitation’ of refugees as they go into hiding
is dealing with growing fallout from the high-profile round-ups of asylum seekers it wants to send to Rwanda, as some have gone into hiding while others have fled across the border to Ireland.
“I walked right in and didn’t have to queue at all. In all the years I’ve been reporting I’ve never seen it so deserted,” said one man from Belarus who has been in the UK for more than a decade but is fearful the Home Office could arrest him even though he is not in scope for the first cohort of returns – those who arrived between January 2022 and June 2023.but has not so far been detained said he had received several calls from friends in his community urging him to go into hiding.
Both sides of the city’s Grand Canal are lined by about 70 blue tarpaulin tents provided by charities for asylum seekers from countries including Nigeria and Afghanistan.
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