The Home Office attempted to remove from the UK a second vulnerable migrant over the Christmas period, the Guardian has learned. The 29-year-old woman, believed to be a victim of trafficking, was scheduled for removal by the Home Office on Boxing Day despite officials accepting she is at high risk of suicide. Her removal was deferred after her lawyer made urgent representations to the Home Office about the trafficking victim’s unfitness to fly. Her case followed that of the Congolese asylum seeker Otis Bolamu, 38, who was facing forced removal from the UK on Christmas Day. The Home Office accepted that the woman is an “adult at risk” and placed her on constant suicide watch.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2018 12:33 UTC