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‘You have destroyed my house and at the same time you prevent me from looking for safety’
BETHANY RIELLY speaks to Saleh, a Yemeni asylum-seeker facing deportation on one of the Home Office’s notorious charter flights

DOZENS of asylum-seekers are set to be removed from Britain next week as the Home Office accelerates its brutal deportation drive ahead of Brexit.

Three charter flights to EU nations are scheduled to Germany, Belgium, France and Spain despite warnings that the Home Office’s rushed removal operations risk unlawfully deporting vulnerable people. 

Among those facing imminent deportation is Saleh (not his real name), a Yemeni asylum-seeker.

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