There were so many warnings it would fail. How did it get this far?<\/p>
On the afternoon of 14 June 2022, as the clock ticked nearer to takeoff, Hamza was sitting alone in a van, handcuffed, crying. Like dozens of other men selected for removal to Rwanda, he had come to Britain in search of refuge after fleeing mortal danger in his home country. The first he had heard of Rwanda was when he received a letter from the Home Office in mid-May, sent to the detention centre where he was being held a few weeks after he crossed the Channel from France.<\/p>
\u201cI\u2019m being relocated to Rwanda \u2013 what does this mean for me?\u201d read the title of a factsheet Hamza was later given. \u201cRwanda is a fundamentally safe and secure country,\u201d the document continued. \u201cIt is known as \u2018the land of a thousand hills\u2019 due to its striking landscape and is home to a wide array of wildlife.\u201d Rwandans, it added, \u201care friendly to visitors\u201d.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n