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Tory MP Sarah Dines in 2020
THE government has been condemned for resurrecting plans to send migrants to Ascension Island that were condemned as unworkable, inhumane and wildly expensive.
Home Office Minister Sarah Dines confirmed today that the measures were being looked at again in case the Tories’ flagship policy to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda fails.
She insisted the government is confident of the legality of the Rwanda scheme — in June, the Court of Appeal ruled that it was not a safe third country to deport migrants to, but that decision is being appealed against by the government at the Supreme Court.
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE