Asylum seekers have said their lives are "not safe" having been told they are being sent to Rwanda as part of the government's plans. A Hull charity said 16 of them had been detained and sent to a detention centre without notice or formal warning.

An asylum seeker, who could be detained as soon as this week, says his friends are “so frightened” of the prospect of being sent to Rwanda that they are trying to “go back to Europe through Dover” to avoid being sent there.

Asylum seekers have said they are living in fear of being sent to Rwanda as the government prepares for the departure of the first flights to Africa. Campaigners say they have see