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Starmer announces Rwanda policy is ‘dead and buried’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference after his first Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, following the landslide General Election victory for the Labour Party, July 6, 2024

CAMPAIGNERS welcomed the scrapping of the Tories’ inhumane Rwanda policy today but urged the new Labour government to abandon plans to further militarise the border. 

New Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that the policy to deport refugees to Rwanda was “dead and buried” at his first press conference outside Downing Street.

Sir Keir said he was “not prepared to continue with gimmicks” as he confirmed that the scheme, which has already cost taxpayers at least £290 million, would be scrapped. 

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