Government denies moving asylum seekers from Scotland to block legal aid access

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SNP MP Alison Thewliss questioned if it was the Government’s ‘deliberate policy’ to move asylum seekers in order to prevent them accessing…

Asylum seekers at risk of being deported are not being removed from Scotland to England to deny them legal aid, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has said.

The Government is seeking to get flights to send migrants to Rwanda off the ground by July, after the Safety of Rwanda Act became law last month. “When the IMA comes into force, there’ll be a 15% uplift, we’ve invested £1.5 billion to re-accredit senior case workers, and also we’re paying for travel time.

On Tuesday, SNP justice spokesperson Chris Stephens said one of his constituents from Glasgow South West had been “removed from Scotland to England and threatened with deportation”.

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