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Somerville condemns ‘inhumane’ Rwanda policy as two detained in Scotland
Two people in Scotland have been detained in connection with the UK government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, the social justice secretary said.
Shirley-Anne Somerville has written to James Cleverly, the home secretary, about the issue, as she urged the Conservative government at Westminster to end the deportation scheme.
The UK government argues that its proposal to send some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK to Rwanda will help to reduce the number of people seeking to cross the Channel on small boats.
James Cleverly has insisted that Rwanda is a “safe and welcoming country”
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Somerville said it was “now clear that two people in Scotland have been detained as part of the UK government’s inhumane policy to send people to Rwanda”.
Posting on Twitter/X, she said the Scottish government had made clear
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