Migrants are being pushed to cross back over the English Channel to Europe amid the threat of being sent to Rwanda, a Syrian asylum seeker has told LBC.
Suhaib Jaber told LBC's Tom Swarbrick that some of his fellow migrants are "disappearing" to avoid being sent to the east African country.After years of trying, the government finally passed its Rwanda plan into law last month, meaning that migrants who arrive in the UK illegally can be removed there.Rishi Sunak believes the policy will help stop people from making the trip across the Channel in small boats, which is notoriously dangerous.
"Mr Jaber, a journalist who has a wife and four children, left Syria after the country's government took issue with his reporting. He and his father were arrested and tortured during the civil war in 2011.In 2014, he was captured by ISIS and says the terrorist group planned to behead him - but he managed to escape from prison.Mr Jaber fled to Turkey, but was still being pursued by the terrorists there, so moved on to Europe with the help of people smugglers.
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