The Home Office has reportedly rented an aircraft hangar and fuselage for security officials to practice forcing asylum seekers onto deportation flights to Rwanda.
The Times reported that the guards underwent special training programs to deal with “disruptive” people.
This includes individuals resorting to violence to prevent them from boarding a plane and protesters “playing death” by lying on the ground and refusing to move.
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The newspaper said that security officials are also preparing for the possibility of activists holding demonstrations outside an air base in an attempt to stop flights.
It is estimated that five officers will be needed for each immigrant deported.
The Ministry of Interior did not deny this report.
A Government spokesperson said: “Since 2015, the Government has had training facilities to ensure escorts can respond professionally to the challenges of removing people who have no right to be in the UK.
“This includes practical sessions, so the escort has the skills they need to deal with different scenarios.
“As we intensify removal activity, we will continue to ensure that new attendants have the necessary training facilities.”
Overseas escorts on deportation flights must undergo the Home Office's Escort Safely (HOMES) guide course, which covers restraint techniques to use in different scenarios.
This is alongside the wider Initial Training Tribunal (ITC) on how to safely distance people.
The exercise emerged as a senior Conservative colleague doubted the stalled £290m scheme would ever get off the ground.
Under the plan, Migrants crossing the canal in small boats Can be sent to Rwanda Instead of allowing them to seek asylum in the UK.
While Rishi Sunak prepares to do battle with the Lords over legislation Aiming to revive the planFormer Scottish Conservative leader Baroness Ruth Davidson said there were “dogs in the streets who know” the flights “will probably never happen”.
Ruth Davidson said the “dogs in the streets” knew the Rwanda flights probably wouldn't happen
She told the BBC's The Today Podcast: “Every sovereign country should be responsible for who's coming; not everyone has the right to go to every country in the world – and I totally understand all that. But where is the balance in this, rather than… Is that from some of the language used, or from some of the complexes that people fall into?
“And this thing about putting people on planes to Rwanda. I mean there are dogs on the street who know this is probably never going to happen.
“And secondly, if it did, it would be such a small number that it wouldn't make much of a difference to the final outcome.”
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The Prime Minister managed to pass his controversial policy through a third reading in the House of Commons this week after earlier rebellions by Conservative MPs, who want to tighten the Rwanda safety bill.
The legislation, which aims to declare Rwanda safe and prevent further legal challenges, will now face scrutiny in the House of Lords.
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Their peers are expected to challenge the plan, which comes after the Supreme Court ruled the deportation scheme illegal last November.
Senators have long expressed concerns that the policy may violate international law.
Speaking to reporters from Hampshire on Friday, Mr Sunak said he was “determined” to get the bill through Parliament, so the scheme can be up and running as quickly as possible so we can properly resolve this issue.
The Rwanda policy is seen as central to the “Stop the Boats” pledge that Sunak bet on during his premiership.
But with A General elections are expected to be held in the second half of this yearTime is running out for flights to take off.
Mr Sunak used a press conference on Thursday To urge the Lords not to 'frustrate the will of the people' He supported his bill because he refused to repeat his previous commitment that the fighting in Rwanda would begin “in the spring.”
But barrister and Lord Carlisle, who described the legislation as a “step towards inclusivity”, described the Prime Minister’s message as “vulgar” and “empty”, telling Sky News: “It is clear… [Mr Sunak] He understands nothing about the way the House of Lords works. “We are not there to frustrate the government.”
