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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

‘We are just being used’: asylum seekers react to passing of Rwanda bill

A protester outside parliament with a placard saying: 'Chalk is not cheese. Rwanda is not safe'
A protester outside parliament on Wednesday. The safety of Rwanda bill passed its third reading in the Commons unamended. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Asylum seekers threatened with being forcibly sent to Rwanda have reacted with dismay to the passing of the bill in the Commons, bringing the policy a step nearer.

They say their voices have been ignored and that they have been kicked around like a “political football” by politicians rushing to get their latest legislation on to the statute book.

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