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The National (Scotland)
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Ninian Wilson

Tory minister fails to show evidence Rwanda scheme will cut Channel crossings

Tom Pursglove said the Rwanda scheme was a 'new and untested' policy

A HOME Office minister has failed to provide any evidence that the Government’s controversial Rwanda scheme would reduce the number of people arriving in the UK via small boats.

Tom Pursglove, minister for justice and tackling illegal migration, told MPs it was “logical” that by striking at the business model of people traffickers, the amount of people crossing the Channel would decline.

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