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MPs demand government abandon plans to send migrant children to Rwanda
Home Secretary Suella Braverman tours a building site on the outskirts of Kigali during her visit to Rwanda, to see houses that are being constructed that could eventually house deported migrants from Britain, March 18, 2023

MPs today demanded the government abandon its plans to detain and send children to Rwanda, warning that any risk to children “outweighs any perceived damage” to the effectiveness of the government’s policy.

The women and equalities committee’s call came as Scotland’s migration minister warned that widely condemned proposals within the Illegal Immigration Bill “violate human rights.”

Today Parliament also heard that a government adviser blocked an MP from discussing a Syrian refugee’s asylum claim with Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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