
Asylum Seekers Claim Over Rwanda Deportations Disposed by High Court
LONDON—The High Court has resolved the cases of three asylum seekers who brought legal action against the government on Tuesday. Lawyers representing the three asylum seekers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at the Royal Courts of Justice in London prepared for a three-day trial on behalf of the claimants who were at risk of being deported to Rwanda under the Conservatives’ immigration policy. The ongoing legal case wrapped up in less than an hour in light of the new Labour government who vowed to scrap the Rwanda deportation scheme “on day one” in power. Speaking to reporters at Downing Street on Saturday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said: “The Rwanda scheme was dead and buried before it started. It’s never been a deterrent.”...
