Courts are hearing last-minute appeals against 30 deportations, with the first flight to Rwanda slated for Tuesday
The High Court of Justice and The Court of Appeal in London are hearing last-minute legal challenges to Boris Johnson’s policy, under which asylum seekers are to be deported to Rwanda while their applications are being processed.
The first flight to the Central African country is expected to leave on Tuesday.
Refugee charity, Asylum Aid, is presenting its arguments before the High Court on Monday. The group insists that the government’s scheme, which gives asylum seekers a week to obtain legal counsel and to present their case to avoid deportation, is unjust.
Objections to the policy are also being mounted by two more human rights groups and a trade union in the Court of Appeal. The last-ditch attempts come shortly after a judge refused the activists’ requests for an injunction to block the first deportation flight. The High Court…
