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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal and Rowena Mason

Wes Streeting defends asylum system shake-up despite his unease

Wes Streeting
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, appeared to signal that he has sympathy with some of the worries of Labour MPs. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Wes Streeting has admitted he is not comfortable with forcibly deporting families under the home secretary’s migration plans, while maintaining it is still the right thing to do.

The health secretary said he thought the number of forced removals would be low under the proposed model, which is similar to Denmark’s, because there would be an increased financial incentive for people entering the UK illegally to return to their country of origin.

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