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Home Secretary Suella Braverman says it's her ‘dream’ to deport refugees to Rwanda
Home Secretary Suella Braverman gives a thumbs up after her speech at the Conservative Party annual conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham

SUELLA BRAVERMAN claimed it was her “dream” and “obsession” to see a flight deporting refugees to Rwanda splashed across newspaper front pages.

The Home Secretary made the “deeply disturbing” comments at a Conservative fringe event on Tuesday. 

“I would love to have a front page of The Telegraph with a plane taking off to Rwanda, that’s my dream, it’s my obsession,” Ms Braverman said, when asked why the government had failed to stop small boat crossings. 

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