Home Office staff could strike over Rwanda migrant plan, union boss warns

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Home Office staff could go on strike to try and stop the UK deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda, a union leader has said.

Paul O’Connor, of the Public and Commercial Services union that represents Border Force and Home Office staff said he was “ruling absolutely nothing out in terms of responses to look after the welfare of our members”.

“There will be no stomach amongst our members for implementing the Rwanda deal and Illegal Migration Bill, and they will inevitably come to their trade union to see if there is recourse to stop it happening.Mr O’Connor said the “environment of hostility” against asylum seekers created by the government was also damaging civil servants’ mental health.

“This will reform our immigration system and stop the boats, while still remaining party to the European Convention on Human Rights. The comprehensive audit of the system praised Home Office staff for their work under difficult conditions, but said that corners were being cut and workloads were unsustainable.

The report said that the UNHCR “observed or was told about numerous risks to the welfare of asylum-seekers, including instances of trafficking and vulnerability being overlooked and teenage children and victims of torture and trafficking being detained”.

 

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