Tory ex-cabinet minister urges rethink over child detentions in small boats plan
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#69QCX)
Robert Buckland voices concerns that illegal migration bill would in effect reverse ban introduced under Cameron government
Former ministers are expected to pile more pressure on the government to rethink plans to allow the detention of families with children as part of the illegal migration bill.
The former justice secretary Robert Buckland said he was uncomfortable with the plan to reduce small boat crossings that would in effect reverse a ban on child detention implemented under David Cameron.
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