TWO PROTESTS are to take place in the Stroud High Street over the following weekends against the so-called UK-Rwanda refugee plan. 

A vigil and protest against the 'controversial plan' will take place in the Stroud town centre during the next two Saturdays (April 23 and 30).

Saturday’s protest starts at the corner of Kendrick Street – it will take place between 12pm to 1pm.

Organisers are asking for equal treatment for all refugees - they disagree with the sending of refugees to Rwanda as well as the government's UK Nationality and Borders bill. 

Stroud District Council leader Doina Cornell is set to speak at Saturday's event. 

This comes as last week Stroud MP Siobhan Baillie gave her view on the proposals. 

Anyone interested in attending can bring their own banners and signs.

What is the UK-Rwanda plan? 

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel recently set out widely criticised plans to fly migrants who cross the Channel in small boats more than 4,000 miles to Rwanda.

The eye-catching scheme announced a few weeks ago comes after the Home Secretary has come under sustained pressure to stop asylum seekers making the perilous journeys.

Leader of the opposition Sir Keir Starmer claimed the plan is 'unworkable, extortionate and going to cost taxpayers billions of pounds'.