Wes Streeting says he is not comfortable with forcibly deporting families
Health secretary defends asylum system shake-up as the right thing to do for the country despite his unease
Wes Streeting has admitted he is not comfortable with forcibly deporting families under the home secretary’s migration plans, while maintaining it is still the right thing to do.
The health secretary said he thought the number of forced removals would be low under the proposed model, which is similar to Denmark’s, because there would be an increased financial incentive for people entering the UK illegally to return to their country of origin.