Rwanda policy: Government loses legal challenge in Court of Appeal
A court ruling that the UK government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful has been welcomed by the charity that challenged the policy.
Ten people from countries including Syria, Iraq and Albania, who arrived in the UK in small boats, alongside Asylum Aid, argued the policy was unlawful. While Lord Burnett sided with the UK government, the others concluded that the assurances from the Rwandan government were not "sufficient to ensure that there is no real risk that asylum seekers relocated under the Rwanda policy will be wrongly returned to countries where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment".
Tessa Gregory, a partner at law firm Leigh Day which represented Asylum Aid in the case, said: "We are delighted that the Court of Appeal has ruled that the Rwanda removals process is unlawful on grounds of safety." But minutes before the first deportation flight was due to take off two months later, it was halted after a legal challenge was granted.
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