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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Braverman denies small boats plan breaks law and struggles with Mo Farah question

Suella Braverman listens to Rishi Sunak during a press conference on UK immigration policy in Downing this week.
Suella Braverman listens to Rishi Sunak during a press conference on UK immigration policy in Downing this week. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

Suella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law with its immigration proposals, despite telling Conservatives there was a more than 50% chance the plans may be incompatible with the European convention on human rights.

The home secretary also struggled to clarify whether the Olympian Sir Mo Farah would have been deported as soon as he turned 18 years old under the proposed regulations, or why he would not have been deported, as he was trafficked to the UK aged nine.

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