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The National (Scotland)
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Laura Pollock

Asylum decisions by public 'a reckless gamble with human lives', charity warns

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (Image: PA)

LABOUR'S plan to hand asylum process decisions to the public has been described as "a reckless gamble with human lives" by a leading human rights charity.

Praxis, a charity fighting for migrant rights since 1983, has described the Home Secretary's new plans to have have trained members of the public decide asylum appeals instead of immigration judges.

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