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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jill Lawless

Britain’s highest court rules Wednesday on the government's plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda

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Britain’s highest court is set to rule Wednesday on whether the government’s plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is legal, delivering a boost or a blow to a contentious central policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s administration.

Five justices on the U.K. Supreme Court will deliver a judgment on the Conservative government’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling that blocked the deportations.

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