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UK plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is unlawful, court rules

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The Court of Appeal said Rwanda could not be treated as a safe third country.

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‘Stand Up To Racism’ campaigners protest against UK’s deportation plan in December 2022. (AP pic)

LONDON:
The British government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, London’s Court of Appeal ruled today in a judgment that gives a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to stop migrants from arriving on small boats.

The three senior appeal court judges ruled, by a majority, that Rwanda could not be treated as a safe third country.

Judge Ian Burnett said the majority found “the deficiencies in the asylum system in Rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to Rwanda will be returned to their home countries, where they face persecution and other inhumane treatment”.

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