Streeting not comfortable' deporting children under Labour's migrant crackdown
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Streeting not comfortable' deporting children under Labour's migrant crackdown
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"Wes Streeting has suggested that he would not feel comfortable with the idea of deporting families with children from the UK under Labour's latest crackdown on migrants. The health secretary said that the number of forced removals should be low as part of Shabana Mahmood's controversial asylum reforms unveiled earlier this week. The home secretary set out a raft of changes to the asylum system on Monday, including plans to remove families with children with no right to be in the UK by force if necessary. The party's toughened stance aimed at cutting the number of people entering the UK via irregular routes, such as small boats, faced a backlash within the party, including from Labour peer and refugee from the Nazis Lord Alf Dubs, who accused Ms Mahmood of using children as a weapon."
"Honestly? Comfortable? No. But is it the right thing to do for the country? Yes."
The Independent emphasizes on-the-ground reporting across issues from reproductive rights to climate change and Big Tech while refusing to use paywalls and seeking donations to fund journalists. The outlet highlights investigations such as the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and a documentary about American women fighting for reproductive rights. Labour health secretary Wes Streeting said he would not be comfortable deporting families with children under proposed asylum reforms but argued that the number of forced removals should be low and that, despite discomfort, some removals may be necessary for the country's interests.
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