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Refugees sent to Rwanda from remote UK island speak to BBC-by Alice Cuddy and Swaminathan Natarajan Azhagu and Mayur arrived in Rwanda from British territory Diego Garcia Source:BBC A group of migrants was transferred to Rwanda from a remote UK territory by the British government over a year ago. They say they feel isolated and unsafe – with one describing the African country as an “open prison”. With political parties divided over the government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, the BBC has travelled to the African state to speak to four of the migrants already there – albeit under a separate agreement – about their experience in the country. The small group arrived from Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean. They say their complex medical needs, in some cases as the result of past rape and torture, are not being met in ...