The Home Office has hired an aircraft hangar and aeroplane fuselage so that security officials can practise forcibly removing migrants onto planes in preparation for Rwanda deportation flights.
As part of their training, staff will practice different scenarios that they are expected to encounter when they transport migrants onto planes bound for Rwanda.
Sources told the Times that security guards have undergone special training programmes to help them deal with "disruptive" passengers.
They are expected to practice scenarios ranging from violent individuals to Extinction Rebellion style protests where individuals "play dead" - lying on the floor and refusing the move.
The Home Office has hired an aircraft hangar and aeroplane fuselage so that security officials can practice forcibly removing migrants
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The Home Office estimates that five officers will be needed for each migrant removal.
A spokesperson for the Home Office told the Times that the plans were vital to ensure that officers can respond "professionally to the challenges of removing people with no right to be in the UK".
They added: "This includes practical sessions so escorts have the skills they need to deal with different scenarios.
"As we ramp up removal activity we will continue to ensure new escorts have the training facilities necessary."
Speaking yesterday, after Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill passed its third reading, the Prime Minister said the Government is "intensifying" its preparations for the first flights to Kigali.
Giving a press conference in Downing Street, he vowed to deliver on the Rwanda plan, saying: "It is past time to start the flights".
He said: “There is now only one question. Will the opposition in the appointed House of Lords try and frustrate the will of the people as expressed by the elected House, or will they get on board and do the right thing?
“It’s as simple as that.”
The Prime Minister insisted that last night's vote, which saw his bill pass its third reading by 320 votes to 276, showed the Conservative Party was “completely united”.
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He said: “The Conservative Party last night demonstrated that they are completely united in wanting to stop the boats. This Bill passed with an overwhelming majority in Parliament.”
Just 11 Conservative MPs rebelled to vote against the legislation last night.
When asked if he can guarantee that flights will take off to Rwanda by Easter, Sunak said: "The question really is for the House of Lords. And the question is, will the House of Lords understand the country's frustration, see the will of the elected House and move as quickly as we have to support this legislation so we can get it on the statute books, and then get flights up and running."
The Prime Minister said he wants to see flights taking off "as soon as practically possible", adding that the Government is "not messing around because we're also frustrated and fed up".
He said he "shares the frustration of the British people" and wants to "end this legal merry-go-round".
