‘There was no way to come here legally’: asylum-seeker in UK slams Rwanda plans

Omar from Afghanistan says plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda will not tackle human trafficking

A man who fled Afghanistan just before the Taliban retook Kabul said the UK government's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda felt more like a political announcement than an attempt to tackle human trafficking.

Omar, 31, who arrived by small boat from Calais last August, was uneasy about the distinction made by the prime minister between those who come to Britain by legal routes and those who do not, pointing out that for many people fleeing war zones there are no legal routes they can take to claim asylum in the UK.