‘Nightmares about Rwanda’: Iranian asylum seeker facing deportation from UK

‘Nightmares about Rwanda’: Iranian asylum seeker facing deportation from UK

Engineer living in Liverpool says he fears being arrested at any moment after receiving deportation notice

Roozbeh*, 34, is a civil engineer from Iran. He fled his country fearing for his life after the government found out he had converted from Islam to Christianity. He arrived in the UK in December 2022, has received a notice of intent to be sent to Rwanda and fears that he could be arrested and detained at any moment.

“When I crossed the border from Iran into Turkey I stepped into the unknown. I had never left my country before and I knew the journey was going to be very dangerous. I was put into lorry after lorry and did not know what countries I passed through.

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