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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin and Andrew Woodcock

Suella Braverman plans for vulnerable child refugees to undergo X-rays

AP

Home secretary Suella Braverman risks inflaming the migration row with plans for vulnerable child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.

The move comes after Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, told cabinet that he wanted Britain to be a “compassionate, welcoming country”, distancing himself from the home secretary’s controversial claim that the UK was being subjected to an “invasion” by asylum seekers.

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