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UK set to start turning around asylum seekers

UK set to start turning around asylum seekers

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United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the UK being set to start turning asylum seekers around within a matter of days, as well as several countries meeting in Geneva in hopes of finally reaching an agreement on plastic.
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