Macron criticises Rwanda-style asylum schemes days after UK passes bill

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Emmanuel Macron has criticised migration policies that involve sending people to African countries as "a betrayal of our [European] values", just days after the UK government passed its Rwanda deportation bill. The French president made the remarks in a wide-ranging speech on Thursday aimed at warning Europe against overdependence on other countries for security and trade. Turning to migration, he said he did not believe in "this model that some people want to put in place, which means that you go and look for a third country, for example in Africa, and send our immigrants there". He added: "This is…

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