Lawyers helping detainees say they have been told that dozens have gone on hunger strike in detention centre near Heathrow
Protests and hunger strikes among asylum seekers held in detention centres in preparation for deportation to Rwanda are increasing, the Guardian has learned.
“The Home Office tell us to speak to our solicitors or to Home Office caseworkers but we are not getting any answers. We are being pushed from person to person like a football. We staged the protest because we are frightened about our situation and want some answers from the Home Office.” NGOs and lawyers working to support Rwanda detainees said they had received reports that dozens in Colnbrook immigration removal centre, near Heathrow, had gone on hunger strike.
Anna Pincus, the director of Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group, said of the situation in Brook House: “We are extremely concerned for the wellbeing of people now held in detention with the threat of removal to Rwanda. They are experiencing high levels of desperation and anxiety in a system that has already been proven to be struggling. We will continue to visit and support people but have huge concerns for their wellbeing.
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