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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Asylum seekers win permission to challenge UK’s Rwanda policy

Accommodation at a hostel in Kigali which planned to take asylum seekers from the UK.
Accommodation at a hostel in Kigali which planned to take asylum seekers from the UK. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

A court of appeal judge has ruled that a group of asylum seekers can bring a legal challenge against the Home Office for what they claim has been a failure to consider the dangers and risks of deporting them to Rwanda.

Lord Justice Underhill, the vice-president of the court of appeal’s civil division, has granted permission for the group to appeal against the government’s controversial policy on some grounds.

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