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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

The UK government is in a face-off with the House of Lords over its contentious migration bill

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The U.K. government watered down some parts of its controversial immigration legislation on Tuesday in a bid to get the bill through Parliament.

The Illegal Migration Bill, once passed, would require officials to detain and deport people who cross the English Channel to Britain in small boats

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