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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft,Archie Mitchell and Millie Cooke

Home Secretary accused of putting lives at risk over modern slavery comments

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has been accused of putting lives at risk after she claimed asylum seekers were using modern slavery laws to submit “vexatious, last-minute” legal claims.

Ms Mahmood has vowed to review modern slavery legislation after the High Court blocked an asylum seeker’s removal from the UK under the “one in, one out” deal with France.

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