UK government exploring ‘all options’ to remove asylum seekers, says Suella Braverman

Suella Braverman has said the government will ‘explore all options’ to remove asylum seekers from the UK, including sending them to ‘safe countries’ such as Rwanda, after recently enacting the Illegal Migration Act.

Asked about reports that ministers planned to fit asylum seekers arriving in the UK via unauthorised means with electronic tags, she said: ‘We’re exploring a range of options, all options.’

This month, the Home Office was forced to remove the first 39 asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge only days after they had arrived, after potentially deadly legionella bacteria was identified onboard

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