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New data has exposed how police continue to report domestic abuse survivors and victims to immigration enforcement. The government’s independent Domestic Abuse Commissioner (DAC) obtained figures showing that, between April 2020 and March 2023, police reported 537 victims and survivors to the Home Office after they came forward for help. The DAC shared the story of L, who sought help from the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) after three years of abusive treatment in and after ending a relationship. Her ex-partner was sending threats and stalking her.
On 15 November, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s judgement that the government’s plan to deport refugees to Rwanda, rather than let them apply for asylum in the UK, is unlawful. The judges unanimously agreed that there is a real risk refugees will not be safe in Rwanda. Rwanda’s authoritarian government is itself accused of torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.