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The National (Scotland)
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Xander Elliards

Tories set to 'trash' international law with Suella Braverman's asylum ban

THE UK Government looks set to “trash” international treaties after the Home Secretary announced plans to ban anybody who enters Britain illegally from claiming asylum.

Suella Braverman, who was tasked with running the Home Office after Liz Truss took over as Prime Minister, told the Tory conference in Birmingham that she wanted “the kind of immigration that grows our economy”.

She went on: “Parts of the system aren’t delivering. We need to end abuse of the rules and cut down on those numbers that aren’t meeting the needs of our economy.”

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