Nearly half of asylum seekers facing removal from UK to Rwanda are married

Survey contradicts Priti Patel’s claims that people crossing Channel are ‘not genuine’ asylum seekers

Nearly half of asylum seekers facing removal to Rwanda are married and a fifth have children, according to a new survey.

The findings were released by the campaign coalition Together With Refugees, a coalition of more than 500 national and local organisations representing refugees, on Wednesday. The charity Care4Calais carried out the analysis.