Both Dumfries and Galloway's MP vote in favour of sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda
dailyrecord.co.ukBoth of the region’s MPs voted in favour of sending UK asylum seekers to Rwanda. Dumfries and Galloway MP Alister Jack and Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell backed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s controversial bill, while dozens of their Tory colleagues abstained from the vote.
Numerous charities have voiced strong opposition to the legislation, insisting that it would breach human rights and is a dereliction of duty to the most vulnerable people.
But MPs approved the bill at second reading by 313 votes to 269 last Tuesday at Westminster, giving the UK Government a comfortable winning majority of 44.
MP Alister Jack said afterwards: “The UK has a long tradition of helping those in peril, and we continue that humanitarian approach with – most recently – schemes to help people displaced by conflict and political turmoil in Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria and Hong Kong. “However, it is for the British people to decide who comes to this country.
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