Female asylum seeker who succeeded in getting to UK on her 31st attempt – including disastrous trip that saw five killed – fears she will now be sent to Rwanda [Video]

A female asylum seeker who braved 31 attempts to reach the UK after fleeing her war-torn homeland in the Middle East, including a disastrous trip that saw five killed, now fears that she could be sent to Rwanda under the new government policy.

Heivin, an 18-year-old from Iraqi Kurdistan, was relieved to have reached dry land after making the perilous journey across the channel in a dinghy transporting fellow migrants from different nationalities on Saturday morning.

‘I’m really happy that I have arrived,’ she told Sky News from London, less than a week after the crossing which left five including a young child dead.

‘It’s a good country and I am safe. But I don’t know. Somehow I’m still surprised that the journey has ended.’

Asked whether she feared now being deported in line with the contentious new Rwanda Bill, she said: ‘I hope it doesn’t happen. I’m not happy that they’ve passed the law that could send us to Rwanda. I really hope …