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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden and May Bulman

Tory MPs reject bid to give parliament say over asylum offshoring amid backlash to Rwanda deal

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Conservative MPs have voted down a law aimed at forcing the government to put schemes like the Rwanda deal to parliament – and to disclose the costs.

The House of Lords created an amendment to the Nationality and Borders Bill that would have required MPs and peers to approve any offshoring agreements before they came into force.

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