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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Aamna Mohdin Community affairs correspondent

Sunak’s bill would have closed door on Mo Farah and me, says charity chief

Mo Farah
Mo Farah. Sabir Zazai said he was particularly alarmed by the impact the bill could have on trafficking victims like Farah. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images

The head of the Scottish Refugee Council, Sabir Zazai, who arrived in the UK in the back of a lorry 23 years ago, has said Rishi Sunak’s illegal migration bill would have denied sanctuary to thousands of refugees such as him and Sir Mo Farah.

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, struggled to clarify on Wednesday whether the Olympic gold medallist Farah would have been deported as soon as he turned 18 years old under the latest immigration proposals.

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