"The smugglers are very dangerous. They always carry weapons and knives. I fell into the trap of a human trafficking network in the forests of France before I crossed to the UK from France the first time. They took me like a worthless object, forced me to work, abused me, and threatened me with a gun and told me I would be killed if I made the slightest protest."
"If I had felt that France was safe for me I would never have returned to the UK. Every day and every night I was filled with terror and stress. Every day I live in fear and anxiety, every loud noise, every shadow, every strange face scares me. When I reached UK the first time and Home Office asked what had happened to me I was crying and couldn't speak about this because of shame."
A man removed to France under the UK‑France treaty reentered the UK by a small boat and is being held in immigration detention while seeking asylum. The man claims he was a victim of modern slavery and human trafficking by smugglers in northern France who forced him to work, abused him and threatened him with weapons and a gun. He reports being taken to a shelter in Paris after removal and fearing for his life there. The Home Office confirmed at least one person returned under the scheme has come back to the UK. The organisation Humans For Rights Network reported receiving multiple testimonies of exploitation from people who passed through Dunkirk and Calais.
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