The government has not ruled out leaving Europe’s human rights framework after last-ditch legal rulings blocked the first scheduled deportation flight on Tuesday evening.
Downing Street said on Wednesday that all options were on the table and did not rule out withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
It comes after last-minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights blocked the plane, which was stood ready to depart on a Ministry of Defence runway, in the final hour before it was scheduled to take off.
Making a statement in the Commons on Wednesday, Home Secretary Priti Patel told MPs that three of the asylum seekers set to be on the first flight to Rwanda on Tuesday night had their removal blocked by the European court, which interprets the ECHR.
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Asked if the government could withdraw from the European legal framework, the PM’s official spokesman said: “We are keeping…
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