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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Macron criticises Rwanda-style asylum schemes days after UK passes bill

Emmanuel Macron speaking at La Sorbonne with the EU flag behind.
Emmanuel Macron says model of sending people abroad will ‘lead us down the path of new dependencies on third countries’. Photograph: Jeanne Accorsini/Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

Emmanuel Macron has criticised migration policies that involve sending people to African countries as “a betrayal of our [European] values”, just days after the UK government passed its Rwanda deportation bill.

The French president made the remarks in a wide-ranging speech on Thursday aimed at warning Europe against overdependence on other countries for security and trade.

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