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Protesters chanted “no Rwanda” as they rallied outside an immigration removal centre in opposition to Government plans to start sending migrants to the east African country from next week.
Demonstrators shook the outer fence of an immigration removal centre on Sunday in protest at the Government’s Rwanda policy - and people inside the facility appeared to be shouting back.
Scores of activists marched to the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, close to Gatwick Airport, near Crawley, West Sussex.
Dozens of activists shouted “we are with you,” “set them free” and “deportations no more... Britain is a racist state.” Some activists banged the outer fence of the immigration centre and people inside the compound sounded like they were chanting back.
In unison with protesters, people inside appeared to chant: “No Rwanda.” The plans would see some people who have entered the UK illegally flown to Rwanda to seek asylum there.
A High Court ruling means the first flight to the east African country could proceed on Tuesday but campaigners are due to challenge this in the Court of Appeal on Monday.
At the protest, teacher Jane Fisher, of Croydon, south London, who volunteers with Care for Calais, which delivers emergency aid to refugees, told the PA news agency: “There is a young boy called Sami and he was from Afghanistan, his parents and his sister were blown up in a car bomb and he is 17 and he has come across.
“He is really frightened he is going to be sent to Rwanda.
“He keeps asking about it because the refuges don’t know what is happening.
“I meet some amazing people and all of them have got horrible stories.” Abbas Artan, 24, an asylum seeker originally from Somalia who crossed from Calais to the UK in a small boat in October, says he has been living in limbo at the Radisson Red hotel near Gatwick Airport for the past eight months.
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Protesters chanted “no Rwanda” as they rallied outside an immigration removal centre in opposition to Government plans to start sending migrants to the east African country from next week.
Demonstrators shook the outer fence of an immigration removal centre on Sunday in protest at the Government’s Rwanda policy - and people inside the facility appeared to be shouting back.
Scores of activists marched to the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, close to Gatwick Airport, near Crawley, West Sussex.
Dozens of activists shouted “we are with you,” “set them free” and “deportations no more... Britain is a racist state.” Some activists banged the outer fence of the immigration centre and people inside the compound sounded like they were chanting back.
In unison with protesters, people inside appeared to chant: “No Rwanda.” The plans would see some people who have entered the UK illegally flown to Rwanda to seek asylum there.
A High Court ruling means the first flight to the east African country could proceed on Tuesday but campaigners are due to challenge this in the Court of Appeal on Monday.
At the protest, teacher Jane Fisher, of Croydon, south London, who volunteers with Care for Calais, which delivers emergency aid to refugees, told the PA news agency: “There is a young boy called Sami and he was from Afghanistan, his parents and his sister were blown up in a car bomb and he is 17 and he has come across.
“He is really frightened he is going to be sent to Rwanda.
“He keeps asking about it because the refuges don’t know what is happening.
“I meet some amazing people and all of them have got horrible stories.” Abbas Artan, 24, an asylum seeker originally from Somalia who crossed from Calais to the UK in a small boat in October, says he has been living in limbo at the Radisson Red hotel near Gatwick Airport for the past eight months.
