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Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

India and Georgia being put on list of ‘safe states’ for migrant removals by UK - plan slammed by peers

Government plans to add India and Georgia to a list of “safe states” where people who arrive in the UK on small boats could be sent have come under fire in Parliament.

Draft legislation was laid last month to include the two countries in the list, meaning that if an individual travels to Britain from either nation without permission they will not be able to claim asylum, the Home Office said.

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