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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Small boats bill suffers defeats as Lords vote to stop trafficking victims being deported to Rwanda

PA

Key parts of Rishi Sunak’s small boats bill have been shredded by the House of Lords as peers inflicted a series of defeats against the government.

Conservatives were among those attacking plans to deport trafficking victims to Rwanda and other countries, as well as moving to force the Illegal Migration Bill to comply with international law and narrow its scope.

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