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David Cameron was questioned about the impact Brexit may have had on the UK's ability to handle the migrant crisisto deport asylum seekers to Africa on Monday night, the foreign secretary defended the policy – but dodged the questions about his main legacy,deputy political editor Anushka Asthana asked: “Hand on heart, if this had come up when you were PM, would you have gone for this policy?”
Cameron, who was in No.10 from 2010 to 2016, said: “Well, we had a totally different situation, because we had a situation where we could return people directly to France.“People land on a beach in Kent, you take them straight back to France, you therefore break the model of the people smugglers.”Cameron ended up resigning as prime minister in 2016 because his campaign to stay in the EU lost.The foreign secretary did not explain what he meant by that.
Cameron told Asthana that the UK has to deal with illegal immigration, but added: “I don’t think it’s necessary to leave thePeople Are Pointing Out The Deep Irony Of The Rwanda Bill Passing On St George's Day EveSign up and we will email you daily with the best of our political and news coverage while also giving you a taste of our most-popular lifestyle, opinion and personal blogs.
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