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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Caroline Davies

Government’s Rwanda asylum policy is ‘absolutely shameful’, says Lady Amos

Lady Amos after the Order of the Garter investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Monday
Lady Amos after the Order of the Garter investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on Monday. Photograph: Chris Jackson/AFP/Getty Images

Sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is an “absolutely shameful” policy that threatens to undermine Britain’s potential to lead in a changing world, the Labour peer Valerie Amos has said.

Lady Amos, who this week became the first black member of the Order of the Garter, said the scheme “sends a message” to other countries about “how seriously we take our responsibilities” to the UN’s security council and charter on refugees.

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