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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Archie Bland

Thursday briefing: Why the Home Office’s latest idea to cut the asylum seeker backlog will run aground too

The home secretary, Suella Braverman, on a visit to Rwanda.
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, on a visit to Rwanda. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Good morning. You have probably been wondering, as an innately curious and sceptical consumer of the news, what sort of robust policy development work stands behind yesterday’s front-page grabbing government proposals to put asylum seekers on barges and cruise ships.

In lieu of an account from home secretary Suella Braverman, the Independent’s Lizzie Dearden has a timeline that may help answer the question:

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