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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

Home Office unable to show evidence Rwanda policy will cut Channel crossings

PA Wire

A Home Office minister was unable to point to any calculations that the Government’s Rwanda relocation policy will reduce the number of people arriving in the UK via small boats.

Tom Pursglove, minister for justice and tackling illegal migration, told MPs it was “logical” that by striking at the business model of people traffickers, the amount of people crossing the Channel would decline.

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