Home Office ‘failing to respect’ asylum-seekers' legal rights in ‘relentless’ drive to deport them
Home Secretary Priti Patel
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THE Home Office is “failing to respect” the legal rights of asylum-seekers in its “relentless” drive to deport them as quickly as possible, lawyers and campaigners have told the Morning Star.
Immigration lawyers have seen a rise in “poorly made decisions” by the department to deport asylum-seekers on charter flights.
A new wave of deportations has specifically targeted asylum-seekers who cross the Channel in small boats.
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