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Priti patel signs the accord with Rwandan deputy foreign minister Vincent Biruta
THE government was branded “institutionally racist,” “cowardly” and “barbaric” yesterday over multimillion-pound plans for asylum-seekers who cross the Channel in small boats to be processed in Rwanda.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted that he expects a court challenge to the proposals, contained in clause 28 of the Nationality and Borders Bill, to detain and fly migrants more than 4,000 miles on chartered planes to the east African country.
He said the Royal Navy would take over “operational command” from Border Force in the English Channel to ensure that “no boat makes it to the UK undetected.”
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
CLAUDIA WEBBE argues that Labour gains nothing from its adoption of right-wing stances on immigration, and seems instead to be deliberately paving the way for the far right to become an established force in British politics, as it has already in Europe
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY