Judges at Britain's High Court are set to rule on whether the UK government's controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal.
UK government has paid Rwanda £120 million under the deal struck in April, but no one has yet been sent to the country.at the last minute in June after the European Court of Human Rights ruled the plan carried"a real risk of irreversible harm."
However, the British government is determined to press on with the policy, arguing that it will deter people-trafficking gangs who ferry migrants on hazardous journeys across the Channel's busy shipping lanes.Home Secretary Suella Braverman -- who has called the Channel crossings an"invasion of our southern coast" -- told the Times of London it would be"unforgivable" if the government did not stop the journeys.
They also cite Rwanda's poor human rights record, including allegations of torture and killings of government opponents. The UK receives fewer asylum-seekers than many European nations, including Germany, France and Italy, but thousands of migrants from around the worldSome want to reach the UK because they have friends or family there, others because they speak English or because it's perceived to be easy to find work.
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