Migrants, picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel, wait to be helped ashore from an Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat, at Dungeness on the southeast coast of England. More vulnerable people such as torture, sexual violence and trafficking victims as well as those suffering mental health issues will be detained due to the
“It logically follows that a rise in the detained population will result in a rise in those that are considered vulnerable, particularly when the policy includes those who self-declare to be adults at risk,” the equality impact assessment says. These include: being a victim of torture, of sexual or gender-based violence, of human trafficking or modern slavery, sa well as suffering from a mental health condition or illness, from post-traumatic stress disorder, a serious physical disability or other illness.Home Office officials
It came as ministers denied that thousands of asylum seekers identified for deportation to Rwanda had gone missing, despite a Home Office document stating that only 2,143 out of the 5,700 people identified for removal to the East African nation “continue to report to the Home Office and can be located for detention”.that the Home Office is “used to this” and law enforcement agencies have “a range of measures” to find and remove people who are not reporting as required.