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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Minister denies migrant returns deal leaves open human rights loophole

A minister has rejected opposition suggestions that the Government’s migrant returns deal leaves open a loophole for human rights laws to be exploited.

Dame Angela Eagle denied the agreement with France would allow for spurious claims to be used to avoid deportation after shadow home secretary Chris Philp questioned the wording of the document.

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