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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Priti Patel appoints man behind Australia’s ‘inhumane’ asylum offshoring to review Border Force

Priti Patel has appointed a former Australian minister who backed the country’s “inhumane” programme of offshore asylum processing to review the Border Force.

Alexander Downer’s role will include looking at the response to small boat crossings in the English Channel.

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