Rishi Sunak had significant doubt over Rwanda plan, papers suggest
New documents indicate the PM had doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor.
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New documents indicate the PM had doubts about sending migrants to Rwanda when he was chancellor.
That's what the public expect. 0ur political correspondent charlotte rose told me more about what was in these documents. as you can see, these documents are from number 10 downing st. they were from march 2022 when borisjohnson was prime minister and rishi sunak was then chancellor of the exchequer. i think we have learnt three things from them. firstly, that rishi sunak was not convinced that the rwanda scheme would act as an effective deterrent to stop people making small boat crossings over the english channel. secondly, he wanted to scale back the scheme in size so that fewer people would...
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Italian lawmakers on Thursday approved a government decree that allows migrants aged 16 or 17 to be held in adult reception centres and gives police stronger powers to check that migrants are not falsely claiming to be under age. Under Italian and European legislation, unaccompanied young migrants are entitled to more favourable treatment. The decree, part of the response of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government to surging immigration by sea, completed its parliamentary approval process, with the Senate backing it in a 97-to-65 vote, with one absention.
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