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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Braverman bill could lead to 3,000 asylum seekers being deported a month

Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman. The government’s illegal migration bill could lead to crippling legal action. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

More than 3,000 asylum seekers could be detained and deported from the UK every month to enforce Suella Braverman’s flagship asylum bill, leaked documents show.

As Rishi Sunak faced a backlash from Conservative MPs over record levels of net migration, briefing papers have revealed the government has drawn up plans to remove 3,163 asylum seekers every month from January.

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