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Gregor Young

'I was warned we may break law over migrants' treatment', top Tory admits

BUSINESS Secretary Grant Shapps has said he was advised Britain was “in danger” of breaking the law over its processing of migrants when he briefly took the reins as home secretary from Suella Braverman.

Asked why he was keen to move migrants into hotels while he was in the role, he told Sky News: “Simply that we’ve got to be careful not to break the law ourselves by detaining people who are able to be outside of that – well, it’s not a detention centre, but a processing centre at Manston.

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