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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Suella Braverman unable to explain how orphan refugee can get to UK in car crash clash

Floundering Suella Braverman this morning admitted that people from many parts of the world need to arrive in the UK BEFORE applying for asylum because there are no legal routes.

The Home Secretary was unable to tell a panel of MPs how an orphaned African teenager escaping war - despite having a sibling living in the UK - could apply from abroad.

Instead she responded: "If you're able to get to the UK you're able to put in an application for asylum."

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