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By Dave Burke Rishi Sunak’s desperate bid to get flights to Rwanda in the air were boosted last night as Tories rejected a string of safeguards. MPs struck down a series of demands after the plan was savaged by the House of Lords. Among these were measures to prevent modern slavery and trafficking victims being sent 6,000 miles to the African nation, and safeguards for children. Tories also voted against an amendment that would stop people who helped British forces overseas from being deported to Rwanda. A total of 10 measures put forward by peers were ripped up in the Commons. Other rejected …

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