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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Caitlin Doherty

Wes Streeting not ‘comfortable’ deporting children under Labour’s migrant crackdown

Wes Streeting has suggested that he would not feel “comfortable” with the idea of deporting families with children from the UK under Labour’s latest crackdown on migrants.

The health secretary said that “the number of forced removals should be low” as part of Shabana Mahmood’s controversial asylum reforms unveiled earlier this week.

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