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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Blewett

Theresa May questions legality and ethics of plan to send migrants to Rwanda

PA Wire

Conservative former prime minister Theresa May has questioned the “legality, practicality and efficacy” of the Government’s plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Mrs May, often seen as a hardliner on immigration, warned on Tuesday that the policy to send some migrants who arrive by unauthorised means 4,000 miles to East Africa could lead to an increase in the trafficking of women and children.

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