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Welsh Parliament rejects Patel's ‘deeply damaging’ asylum reforms
An Amnesty International campaigner wearing a Priti Patel mask tears up a 'Refugees Welcome' placard opposite the Houses of Parliament in London, in December 2021
THE Welsh Parliament has rejected the Nationality and Borders Bill, signalling another blow to Priti Patel’s “deeply damaging” asylum shake-up.
The Senedd voted on Tuesday evening to withdraw consent for the proposed legislation amid concerns that it could breach international law.
Social Justice Minister Jane Hutt tabled her legislative consent memorandum (LCM) on the basis that changes to how child asylum-seekers’ ages are assessed interfere with Wales’s devolved powers.
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