The government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful. That’s according to a ruling from the High Court this morning following a legal challenge against the scheme. The Home Office victory comes in response to the application from aid groups and asylum seekers to stop the government enacting its deportation agreement with the African country. These challenges meant that the first deportation flight – scheduled to depart on 14 June – was grounded. Since then, no flight has been allowed to take off – and not one asylum seeker has been sent to Rwanda.
It is likely that today’s result will be challenged in the courts
Reading the summary of the ruling, Lord Justice Lewis said: ‘The court has concluded that it is lawful for the government to make arrangements for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda and for their asylum claims to be determined in Rwanda rather than in the United Kingdom.’
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