Article 71REY Asylum seekers in UK go on hunger strike over ‘one in, one out’ removals

Asylum seekers in UK go on hunger strike over ‘one in, one out’ removals

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Diane Taylor
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Many of the 30 people taking part in the protest are scheduled to be forcibly returned to France on Thursday

Thirty asylum seekers currently in detention in the UK have gone on hunger strike in protest against their imminent removal to France under the Home Office's controversial one in, one out" scheme.

The Guardian understands that the group began their hunger strike on Monday and many are due to be forcibly removed to France on Thursday.

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