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The Independent UK
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Lizzie Dearden and Adam Forrest

Suella Braverman admits small boats bill may break human rights laws

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Suella Braverman has admitted that new laws aiming to prevent small boat migrants from claiming asylum in the UK may break the Human Rights Act.

As Yvette Cooper attacked the Illegal Migration Bill as “government by gimmick”, the home secretary told MPs she would not address its “full legal complexities today”.

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