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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
James Tapper

New UK immigration rules: would home secretary’s family have been separated?

Home secretary James Cleverly, centre, in Rwanda on 5 December to sign a new asylum treaty.
Home secretary James Cleverly, centre, in Rwanda on 5 December to sign a new asylum treaty. Photograph: Reuters

Would James Cleverly’s parents have been forced to choose between separating or leaving the UK had they been subject to the new immigration rules the home secretary announced on Monday 4 December?

Many of the millions of people in the UK whose partners or parents were born overseas have been asking themselves a similar question over the past few days.

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