Asylum Seekers: Removal to Rwanda Debate

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Department: Home Office

Asylum Seekers: Removal to Rwanda

Margaret Ferrier Excerpts
Monday 13th June 2022

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove
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They are sound people, and they will be concerned that the Opposition parties have no credible plan to tackle illegal migration. We will continue to ask where precisely their plan is.

Margaret Ferrier Portrait Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen and Hamilton West) (Ind)
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Can the Minister confirm what risk assessments were undertaken in advance of each individual being served with a notice? Was the risk of modern slavery considered as a key factor in the Court’s decision to overturn some notices?

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove
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It is fair to say that reports of modern slavery are taken into consideration as part of the processes. I will not comment in any further detail on operational matters, but I refer the hon. Lady to the published information out there around the process. It is publicly available.