A Sudanese asylum seeker spent more than three years trying to reach the UK

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Dover

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Calais

Malta

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Libya

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Sudan

Rwanda

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1. January 2019. Fled Sudan after massacre by Janjaweed militia in his village left many dead

2. After leaving Sudan he travelled to Libya where he spent one year controlled by traffickers before escaping in a small boat across the Mediterranean to Malta

3. Travelled through Europe living on the streets before arriving in France last autumn and travelling to Calais, where he spent about eight months

4. 9 May 2022. Reached Dover after travelling in a kayak across the Channel with 10 other Sudanese refugees

5. Due to be sent to Rwanda as one of the first tranche of asylum seekers offshored by the UK government

3. Travelled through Europe living on the streets before arriving in France last autumn and travelling to Calais, where he spent about eight months

4. 9 May 2022

Reached Dover after travelling in a kayak across the Channel with 10 other Sudanese refugees

4

Dover

3

Calais

2. After leaving Sudan he travelled to Libya where he spent one year controlled by traffickers before escaping in a small boat across the Mediterranean to Malta

Malta

2

Libya

1. January 2019

Fled Sudan after massacre by Janjaweed militia in his village left many dead

1

Sudan

5. Due to be sent to Rwanda as one of the first tranche of asylum seekers offshored by the UK government

5

Rwanda