UK plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda faces last-minute legal challenge

Attorneys have launched a last-minute authorized problem to the UK authorities's coverage to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The plan to ship undocumented migrants overseas undermines the “primary dignity” of people who find themselves escaping struggle and oppression, a lawyer argued on Monday.

The listening to is considered one of two on the Court docket of Attraction in London, aimed toward blocking the implementation of the controversial coverage.

A coalition of teams -- together with immigration rights advocates and public worker unions -- had filed a authorized criticism forward of the primary deportation flight, which is about to take off on Tuesday.

Activists are individually difficult the deportations on a person-by-person foundation, looking for to make sure that no migrants can be eligible for deportation even when the flights are allowed to go forward.

The programme goals to discourage migrants from risking their lives to achieve the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats.

However human rights teams say the coverage is prohibited, inhumane and can solely enlarge the dangers for asylum seekers.

Britain paid Rwanda £120 million (€140 million) up entrance and can make extra funds primarily based on the variety of individuals deported.

However Raza Husain, a lawyer for a number of the complainants, stated there have been critical considerations concerning the safety of migrant rights in Rwanda.

"[The policy] quantities to a critical interference with primary dignity … the place these people have already suffered important trauma and have psychological well being points,” he stated within the court docket filings on Monday.

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