Protesters bang on the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre fences at Gatwick

Protesters bang on the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre fences at Gatwick.Protesters chanted “no Rwanda” as they rallied outside an immigration removal centre in opposition to Government plans to start sending migrants to the east African country from next week.Demonstrators shook the outer fence of an immigration removal centre on Sunday in protest at the Government’s Rwanda policy — and people inside the facility appeared to be shouting back.

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