SNP Minister calls Government 'people traffickers' over Rwanda policy
Alison Thewliss has been speaking in the Commons
The Government has in itself become a people trafficker as a result of the Rwanda policy, the SNP's home affairs spokesperson told the Commons.
Speaking from the SNP front bench, Alison Thewliss said:
"If we start to offload our international responsibilities to any third country, we're effectively surrendering our influence over what then happens next.
"This Government themselves have become people traffickers, sending human beings offshore against their will as if they were some kind of waste to be processed rather than human beings alike in dignity."
The MP for Glasgow Central also called for the introduction of humanitarian travel documents.
She added:
"If a humanitarian travel document existed, those same young people could avoid the perilous journey in a leaky rubber dingy, they could get the same train or ferry as many travellers do every year, they would not need to pay people smugglers at all. That would kill the business model."
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