Government plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, Court of Appeal rules

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BREAKING: Campaigners and asylum seekers have won a Court of Appeal challenge over the government's planned Rwanda deportation scheme. Read more here: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

Three judges have overturned a High Court ruling that previously said the east African nation could be considered a"safe third country" for migrants to be sent to.

Announcing the ruling, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnet said he does not accept that migrants would be at risk of removal to their home countries from Rwanda - but it is not a safe country for them to housed in while their asylum claims are processed.

 

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