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Refugee groups call on Tories to ditch Rwanda Bill as backbenchers mull support for policy
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, London

REFUGEE groups united today to call on Tory MPs to ditch the Rwanda Bill as fractious backbenchers met to discuss whether to back it.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was facing the Covid-19 public inquiry as two warring Tory factions met to consider if they will back his flagship legislation later today.

The government has insisted that the Rwanda scheme, through which asylum-seekers in Britain would be deported to its capital Kigali, is a key part of Mr Sunak’s “stop the boats” pledge.

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