'Farce' of missing asylum seekers, but minister says 'they'll be found"

ASYLUM seekers who have stopped reporting to the Home Office after being earmarked for deportation to Rwanda "will be found", a Cabinet minister has said.

According to a Government document, only 2,143 out of the 5,700 people identified for removal to the East African nation "continue to report to the Home Office and can be located for detention" Shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock described the situation as a "farce" that "exposes the total lack of grip the Conservatives have over the asylum system." 

He said: "The Prime Minister promised to detain and remove all those who crossed the Channel. Now he can't even locate those intended for removal. How can the Conservative Home Office keep losing so many people?" 

However, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins told Sky News yesterday that the Home Office is "used to this" and law enforcement agencies have "a range of measures" to find and remove people who are not reporting as required.