Home Office loses contact with thousands of migrants set for Rwanda flights | Matt Dathan

“There’s more than 40,000 people who are stuck in permanent limbo.”
The Home Office is trying to “pull the wool over our eyes” in regard to migrants escaping deportation to Rwanda, explains The Times home affairs editor Matt Dathan.
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[@Ianmundo]

surprise surpriiiiiissseee!!! Tory incompetence strikes again

[@t1n4444]

Tories? Why weren't opposition parties keeping an eye on this? Anyone can see Labour are to blame.

[@RazorMouth]

​@@t1n4444😂😂😂😂😂 Are you honestly this brainwashed? 🤦‍♂️ Who has the levers of power? Might be time to grow up little boy.

[@williams4434]

@@t1n4444 all parties are loyal to the man, which is one entity, the Catholic church/Jesuits

[@TG-ts3xn]

Labour stared it. Same same.

[@paulsmith982]

Not Home Office incompetence?

[@stephencollins9300]

Easy look in the barbershops ,car washes nail bars and dalivearoo simple

[@Mike-un5hy]

Working hard, good spot

[@Do.not.judge.]

​@@Mike-un5hy Still illegal tho right?

[@pooooornopigeon]

​@@Mike-un5hy Cash in hand doesn't help the UK does it?

[@Mike-un5hy]

People don't wanna do the work they want to do the work, make them legal so they can work and pay tax no hard

[@pooooornopigeon]

@@Mike-un5hy People coming into this country illegally should not be rewarded.

[@GreenScreenFX4You]

How can you loose thousands of migrants ? they aint a set of car keys .....

[@eyesopen1850]

Car keys are useful...

[@tonymaries1652]

Probably washing people's cars or on a building site doing block paving. Surprise, surprise the Home Office cut back on the numbers of immigration enforcement officers and does not have the resources to track down people who have arrived in this country and simply disappeared into the black economy. I have a lot of sympathy for Afghan refugees who worked for the deposed Western-backed regime and have fled their country because of persecution by the Taliban-led government, but not the so-called economic migrants.

[@arella2966]

Great planet earth its a free world i love it ❤❤❤

[@plbingham]

funny how they can't lose my contact when collecting my taxes.... odd

[@Bartimus543]

What a surprise! The country is run by clowns .

[@markperuzzi5055]

Now what a surprise

[@stephendarlison8140]

They practically force their way in and at sea they use emotional blackmail oh we will jump into the sea so we have no choice but to pick them up they were safe in France no wars only riots caused by the very ones who want to come here do we want this NO

[@imperatorvespasian3125]

I have a easy fix, every time one is arrested a member of home office staff is charged along with them, the home office will suddenly find them all!

[@debbywilliams9172]

This is lies because none of them are going 😅😅

[@Passionbloom52]

Think we all knew what was going to happen 😬

[@PaulinePalmer-fg5qc123a]

Have a look down our street we have a few

[@Passionbloom52]

@@PaulinePalmer-fg5qc123a Grrrrr

[@stephenturner7949]

Except the home office thickos

[@BrianAllan-hr5om]

Check if they are and where they are collecting their benefits from?

[@TheVicar]

That's right wing propaganda to stir up hatred to control the masses Some people fell for it

[@bereal6590]

They don't get benefits, just bed and board and a few quid a week

[@obid7755]

@@bereal6590 Sounds like benefits to me. What else do they receive at the tax payers expense?

[@obid7755]

@@bereal6590 That few quid not a benefit?

[@davidpage4005]

@@bereal6590 I can think of many people who would love to get that "Bed and Board and the £40 per week" handout.

[@paddervey7765]

80% coming from the uk. no they are not, they are coming through the uk from the E.U. none of them are from the uk.

[@brianbishop2235]

Exactly

[@aleccap5946]

No they're not, most have been living in France for 4 years. Put the sun comic down

[@obid7755]

@@aleccap5946 France is in the EU

[@kennethoram4292]

How will the Republic deal with a problem handed to them by rhe UK? Less Migrants in the UK in this election year is all that matters to this Government.

[@juzekmato]

They are not from the E.U either. Are they??

[@lesleywhibley]

So what about the one in the hotels accross the country or have they all disappeared too?.

[@TheVicar]

The government are only interested in the ones that are least likely to win an appeal and seeing that more than 80% who cross are granted asylum, then they're playing with small numbers Then there's the matter of the £3000 bribe to leave to process

[@damianbutterworth2434]

Sorry Sir, the dog ate my migrant.

[@edwardlewis7468]

This government could not organise a P'up in brewery. Rwanda is "a safe country" Rwanda is "a deterent" from a bunch of oxymorons what else could we expect!

[@proudmganda1159]

Rwanda is not safe

[@zuzannanowicka6348]

@@proudmganda1159 if Rwanda would be safe, it would be more than a popular tourism destination

[@brianjones4026]

Rwanda Plan is not going to help lower our immigration or these illegals on our streets , as in this plan it has been agreed that for every failed asylum seeker taken there will be exchanged by one Rwandan citizen that will come here legally with full work visa and citizenship ! So tell me, how is this reducing the effects of this clear agenda of imported people from other lands here !

[@modestguy4658]

Useless government!

[@7th.trumpet]

Try takeaways, restaurants, Turkish barbers, and car washes . There you go 👍🏻

[@darrennandrewfitness2836]

Well if they are working majority are contributing to the economy even if is cash in hand 🤷🏿

[@Do.not.judge.]

​@@darrennandrewfitness2836 The are illegally here, that's the point. Cash in hand and on benefits is stealing

[@williams4434]

crash for cash scams too

[@Galerak1]

@@darrennandrewfitness2836 If they're getting paid cash in hand then they won't be paying any taxes. So tell me, how exactly are they "contributing to the economy"?

[@darrennandrewfitness2836]

@Galerak1 the money paid to them buy this places is taxed plus they spend the damn money so the money goes back to the economy

[@hellsbells7271]

They're probably with the other 17,000 they lost a while back. The Home Office needs a complete overhaul, it's staff are absolutely incompetent, but I suppose that's what you get when you try to fill a diversity quota instead of hiring on merit.

[@TheVicar]

Simply re-open the processing centres abroad. This wasn't a problem when they were open This government has created this channel migrant crisis and is hilariously stating that it will fix the problem that it created, while sneakily not admitting that it created it in the first place And some voters still fall for this

[@isobelmiddleton6353]

They will all be squatting in empty houses around the country with stolen guard dogs at the gate

[@earlyintervention778]

After stealing from Africa for decades,

[@user-dn2gz7vd2k]

Home office scandal again

[@RichardMcmahon-go7pj]

Home offices needs to held account!!! And should be a massive investigation

[@Tugga74]

Isn’t that what Dominic Raab tried to do but they accused him of bullying them?

[@johnmorgan8868]

The government is a total embarrassment

[@Greenpoloboy3]

No way! How can something the Government has brought about not work??

[@neilmcclary]

Im so glad we have clever people in charge of the country NOT

[@TG-ts3xn]

All the clever people were called racist

[@thomasmills9492]

Cleverly is less than adequate and just a political CHANCER😢

[@keithmartland6463]

And this is NEWS!

[@Do.not.judge.]

Yes this is news! British news we need answers and results

[@user-vx6tw3bh4f]

Call the Election Rishi, you done mate!

[@TheVicar]

Infosys controls him

[@user-vx6tw3bh4f]

@@TheVicar Yes they do!

[@antonimills3224]

Oh no seems like we've gotta let more immigrants in to make up for the numbers we've lost 😀

[@RJ-ql6ff]

I can point to over 200 immediately,: taxi drivers, building sites, pizze delivery drivers, car cleaning , cleaners in nursing homes, market stall in immigrant areas, all mosques etc. I think that's over 1000.

[@willhall4037]

No surprise at all. Social media "works well." And when you add in Gobshite British News Media, if a bird farts we get to know about it.

[@Muhammads_pork_chops]

The Rwanda policy LITERALLY states there will only EVER be three hundred TOTAL sent to Rwanda, and to add insult to injury, they're taking one immigrant to Rwanda and bringing one Rwandan back in return. So we're paying millions and millions of pounds to remove zero net immigrants.

[@lynhewlett1941]

This is what is expected of this .

[@shawngrinter2747]

The migration to Ireland was well entrenched (and reported) before the Rwanda policy became law or was even close, mainly because the grass is always greener elsewhere

[@specialized500]

Incompetent Tories? Who would believe it?

[@jeremyboughtono2]

Just wait for liebour they will be worse.

[@RazorMouth]

Yeah theyre probably in Ireland, you can have them back in a few weeks.

[@jeremyboughtono2]

And they are free to walk across the open border into Ireland the next day.

[@user-jg2nq6ll4c]

Well it was Ireland who didn't want any land borders😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anthonysmith4826]

What bright spark at the home office told the migrant spongers before hand. Surprise should be enforced.

[@justbereal388]

Khan hiding them in London…he needs their votes😂🤣😂

[@maverick4177]

Imagine that 😂

[@chrismccartney8668]

I surprised they find there staff as they never come into the office....so sell the Office Space and Sack the Staff...ASAP...

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

They won’t catch them, they all have mopeds.

[@user-jg2nq6ll4c]

And???????

[@ExoplasmicDischarge]

Hold the home office and government personally accountable for every single crime that is commit by these migrants from now on. These issues will not stop until you yourselves hold them accountable.

[@samlaw9938]

The problem is that this is a problem nobody wants to solve.

[@thegoodolddayz6183]

Saw this coming 😂😂 - I'm just laughing because I was right.

[@williams4434]

I'd call it a wry smile

[@lyndiss9861]

Tag them (for there own safety) when they come in

[@dianamincher6479]

Only one Rwanda hostel in Kigali , Rwanda and it takes about 50-100 at a sttretch! Conservative chaos!

[@gillianmay988]

Wow wow. What a surprise who thought that would ever happen everyone except the government

[@johnosullivan2197]

Our politicians and civil service couldn’t run a bath !

[@ML-xh1go]

Interesting to know,” what nationality are the incompetent staff in the home office “ get them ALL-back in the office

[@jonathankennedy1715]

The incompetent government has lost control of our borders😢

[@williams4434]

It's the plan all along, the man who created the EU had a plan & his name was Kalergi

[@TheVicar]

Silly person

[@pooooornopigeon]

​@@TheVicarSo you knew Kalergi ? Wow

[@TheVicar]

@@pooooornopigeon I used to share a toilet with him

[@williams4434]

​@@TheVicar Silly ? prove me wrong fisherman, you're the resident sympathizer on this thread, a minority...

[@williams4434]

​@@pooooornopigeon I knew him ? how did you come to that conclusion... rest assured you have the anonymity of the internet otherwise you'd be shtum

[@1186wolf]

Home Office loses contact with thousands of migrants set for Rwanda from what I read a lot of them went to Ireland

[@matthewcummings9024]

Reform UK is the only hope for fixing this fine mess Wasteminster's gotten us into!

[@zapfanzapfan]

EU needs a bouncer, hire someone from a hi-end club with experience!

[@patterdalezipsuzilil]

They legged it to ireland look at holyhead 😂😂😂😂😂

[@skullsaintdead]

Wait, wait, in the UK sends its asylum seekers into hotels!?! Are you serious? Fancy (& pretty alluring, I'll bet)! In Australia, they all have to go overseas, into detention centres, like on Naru and Manus Island. Our numbers drastically dropped when we started doing boat-turn backs and saying 'If you come to Australia illegally by boat, you will _never_ settle here'.

[@ianholland5313]

Home office are waste of money,and they are so corrupt

[@jenniferknipe3410]

The home office, a bunch of civil servants who have shown time and time again that their political or religious allegiance lies elswhere, so really wot does the public expect.

[@specialized500]

Silly Russian bot

[@samanthaostrowski6755]

The home office is full of Muslims. Remember their religion says they can't dob another Muslim in. That's convenient. Do you see a problem here?

[@arella2966]

These Rwanda people in five years will feel the pain of foolish move by their government

[@abdellahcharafi1823]

Because those people are economic migrants not refuges.UK is soft touch

[@francescahamilton6856]

Don't underestimate the Gov. They grind slowly, but they grind small. The arrogance of those men coming off those boats is appalling. Rushi is right. Enough is enough. We are full up.

[@deusvlad2.083]

Why not put ankle bracelets on them with GPS duh lol

[@user-ew7hq6cs7r]

3000 people at £3k a head £9m waisted already ugh

[@avrilcrisp5725]

Deterrent maybe but if you have 'lost' thousands of illegal immigrants into the UK then you should be ashamed. They should have been under arrest until their applications were processed. The UK should be able to deport any coming from EU countries where they have been living for more than 12 months and already claimed asylum, the EU should not the choice to refuse them. The biggest problem is the EU immigration policy.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

Forget them. They are not in control of themselves

[@TheVicar]

I agree. The Tories should lose their day release rights

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Beyond incompetent.

[@GirtyBongo]

Of course. They WONT GO

[@rogerwoodhouse7945]

Oh how macho Sumak is being now against the Irish.How brave hes being ! Surely this will get him re elected now.!Just what we need .A strong leader prepared to stand up against illegal immigration! 'Sarcasm off'

[@pm6693]

Have they thought of taking a look behind the sofa....?

[@PaulinePalmer-fg5qc123a]

Well I never.........they were left to wander what did you expect.

[@malcomewest6551]

This Government has no idea how to deal with it. Only the Government no what to do. Is given them money. It makes me F??King Sick 😫

[@gherkamum]

3500 missing......

[@464-67]

Not surprised.

[@gellnika1604]

Two months ago, I've had my food delivered by a different person than the one in the profile pic on the Uber app. I asked him who he was because my food should have been delivered by a female as per profile pic and name. He told me that he's o cousin of her and he doesn't have his visa sorted yet. Also, he was driving a car (insurance? 100% no, driving licence 100% no). When i called Uber to report the issue, I've been advised to call police or immigration office to report it as they have no problem with it. When i rang police, I've been told to call immigration office. Honestly, i couldn't be bothered anymore: if this country doesn't give a shyt, why would i ??!! So, there you go, now you know where to look for them 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christendomdefenderbeready3251]

The Great Replacement from the U N .

[@slapdashdumper]

This happens in New York etc - local crims register a moped then sign-up at food delivery companys, they then hire out self-same moped to illegals for a cut of the wage , how else can illegals get a job or license/insurance ? they can't , so ubless they cause an accident etc then they won't get caught......the police turn a blind eye as migrants will be difficult and time consuming to prosecute, even removing the numberplate to protect it's real owner won't get him arrested...............look on yt, plenty of vids about this sort of thing

[@Partyanimal1066]

No proof of identity in person then no benefits,nhs treatment etc.

[@alexm9718]

Stop putting them in hotels, ridiculous, a field and a tent

[@markyhustler8995]

So if they've disappeared does that mean we are no longer paying for their hotels and spending money.

[@gellnika1604]

Don't worry, you'll find them working as food delivery guys for Uber Eats/Kangoroo/Justeat etc or driving for Bolt or Uber 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sandranixon4808]

Which side are the home office on ? makes me wonder

[@user-le6wf9of7w]

They have not lost them the civil servants have their friends details!!!!!

[@Partyanimal1066]

Don’t worry,somebody will tell on them eventually.

[@HunterDFtwo]

O that’s a surprise! Shocker! Who would have thought!

[@juancarlosmateo8453]

I love the way this station puts shade on everything! They could turn Christmas into a negative!

[@jungblutjm]

They’re all in Dublin now!

[@benjiskitts]

They all went to Ireland 🇮🇪 😂. What a mess

[@johnbucher2077]

Oh my! You don't say.

[@ebrucelik9128]

This country became very unfair

[@goldeneagle99]

Became a fair...ground...🤡

[@user-vk3bp8qw4m]

Joke of the century? ---The Home Office.

[@jinnbuster4753]

Why am I not surprised?

[@robertbest4398]

These people some of them have connections in uk they will fit in perfectly here some places look like middle east shocking Tories and labour brutal wrecked country

[@jeffduckworth94]

They have nowhere to stay

[@Alien_O1]

They have gone to ireland. The National Flag of Ireland is intended to symbolise the unity between people of different traditions on the island. Whats the problem? 😂😂😂

[@PaulinePalmer-fg5qc123a]

Hope you stopped paying them

[@scox2024]

Missing for over 20 years ago. From London , the dump

[@SMILEITMIGHTNOTHAPPENYET]

Hopefully they're not ok 🙏

[@smudgethecat3965]

Shocker of the century

[@brianbonnett5676]

Until you find them keep sending others in their place to RWANDA

[@user-je8qe4qz4z]

Rwanda developing country how dare you compare with London?

[@sicgamer9303]

They are in Ireland dodging deportation to Rwanda, which is still a win 😊

[@stephenturner7949]

Well i never , what a surprise

[@thedeadmoneyallstars]

Didn't they lose about 5,000 migrants last year too? It's like they're incompetent or something! Maybe we should replace all of them so they can go back to school.

[@YolandaCarden]

Predictable, they've been talking about the Rwanda flights for a while. These are nearly all young men, not refugees. Other law abiding immigrants go through the correct process and bring much needed skills to the UK.

[@TelfordO]

1000's ? Rwanda will not take 1000's its just a paltry few Hundred and we take in Returned Ugandan's and other Africa Refugees. All at our cost for the next 5 yrs.