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'No flights, no Rwanda scheme': Starmer says he would halt deportations immediately after election

Sky News Friday, 10 May 2024
No deportation flights to Rwanda will take off under a Labour government, Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News.
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Sir Keir Starmer says Labour would scrap the government's Rwanda scheme, labelling it a "waste of taxpayers' money". The Labour leader adds a new Border Security Command would help take down people-smuggling gangs in the first place. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at...

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