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Why was the scheme behind May's 'Go Home' vans called Operation Vaken? | Simon Hattenstone | The Guardian
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Home Office backs down over 'go home' vans after legal complaint | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
![London, UK. 06th Aug, 2013. Rights group, Liberty, have deployed their "Anti-Racist Van" in London following the Home Offices's controversial use of a mobile billboard van that urges illegal immigrants to go London, UK. 06th Aug, 2013. Rights group, Liberty, have deployed their "Anti-Racist Van" in London following the Home Offices's controversial use of a mobile billboard van that urges illegal immigrants to go](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/DC10X9/london-uk-06th-aug-2013-rights-group-liberty-have-deployed-their-anti-DC10X9.jpg)
London, UK. 06th Aug, 2013. Rights group, Liberty, have deployed their "Anti-Racist Van" in London following the Home Offices's controversial use of a mobile billboard van that urges illegal immigrants to go
![Liberty on Twitter: ""Go home" vans – Nasty, racist... and likely unlawful. Think again, @ukhomeoffice http://t.co/bJOdxWuyo6 http://t.co/PQAQeY1gjk" / Twitter Liberty on Twitter: ""Go home" vans – Nasty, racist... and likely unlawful. Think again, @ukhomeoffice http://t.co/bJOdxWuyo6 http://t.co/PQAQeY1gjk" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQltj4bCIAA2qjx.jpg:large)