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Ninian Wilson

SNP MP brands Rwanda scheme as attempt to appease 'heartless and xenophobic' Tories

Stephen Flynn and Peter Bone clashed over the UK Government's Rwanda scheme

AN SNP MP has skewered the Rwandan asylum seekers scheme as a Government attempt to “virtue signal” to a “heartless and xenophobic” group of Tory backbenchers.

Speaking on Politics Live, Stephen Flynn, MP for Aberdeen South, was discussing the details of the UK Government’s plan to send asylum seekers who the UK Government has deemed to have entered the country unlawfully to Rwanda for processing.

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