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Reform UK appears to have rowed back from the idea it could remove children from the country under its newly announced mass deportation policy.

“I thought we had rowed ourselves across the River Jordan,” Bradford said, shaking his head.

The culture secretary, who recently asked why nobody had been fired over the Gaza documentary, seems to have rowed back.

More than 30 countries support this position and are calling for a moratorium - but President Trump has not rowed back on his executive order.

"The government was the captain, and the agencies rowed the boat," said Shin Pil-sik, a researcher on transnational adoption at Seokyeong University, who added that this structure enabled both sides to deflect accountability.