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leader said the “hugely expensive” scheme was “wrong” and would be reversed if the party wins the next General Election.
Instead, Starmer said he would work with other countries to “smash the criminal gangs who are running this vile trade” of people smuggling. “They are ideologically opposed to border controls. Their solution is to force British communities to tolerate this flagrant criminality.” Court of Appeal judges overturned an earlier High Court ruling which found Rwanda could be considered a “safe third country”
Research from the Refugee Council, which opposes the policy, has suggested that three-quarters of people who crossed the Channel in small boats this year would be recognised as refugees if their application had been processed.We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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