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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Evans

Ascension Island: 800 residents, turtles but no hospital – where migrants could be sent as Rwanda plan fails

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Rishi Sunak's government is said to be considering deporting migrants to other countries as a ‘plan B’ to his policy to send them to Rwanda, which has been deemed unlawful by top judges.

The prime minister has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to stop small boat crossings, and insisted the government had spent the “last few months planning for all eventualities” as the Supreme Court rejects his flagship policy.

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