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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

Lawmakers say UK's planned law to deport Channel migrants breaches rights obligations

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A committee of British lawmakers said Sunday that the U.K. will break its international human rights commitments if it goes through with government plans to detain and deport people who cross the English Channel in small boats.

Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights said the Illegal Migration Bill “breaches a number of the U.K.’s international human rights obligations and risks breaching others.”

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