Potential modern slavery victims among dozens facing imminent removal on charter flight to Pakistan (The Independent) (26 February 2020)

Public law director Toufique Hossain speaks to The Independent after numerous asylum seekers, thought to be victims of torture, are set to be forcibly removed to Pakistan on the third charter flight to leave the UK in as many weeks. Toufique pointed out that he and his team had seen a number of last-minute referrals of victims of modern slavery, trafficking and torture on the flight on Wednesday. “The Home Office know this. They’d rather wait for the courts to intervene than do the right thing.” Toufique said; “The Home Office continue their relentless practice of mass expulsion by way of charter flights, undeterred even by recent clear examples where removal would have been unlawful.”