Rwanda deportation plan: First flight taking asylum seekers to African country can go ahead, says Court of Appeal – By Sky News Staff (Sky News) / June 13, 2022
The High Court ruled last week the first asylum seekers could be flown to Rwanda for relocation – but fresh legal challenges have been made in an attempt to stop those trying to enter the UK from being sent to the African nation.
The Court of Appeal has ruled the first deportation flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead tomorrow.
Human rights campaigners had appealed against a decision by a lower court last week to allow the one-way trip but the appeal court said it “cannot interfere” with the original decision.
The flight to the capital Kigali is scheduled to take place tomorrow with 11 asylum seekers onboard.
Activists have argued that the government policy is inhumane and will put migrants at risk.
