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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Rajeev Syal

Civil servants threaten ministers with legal action over Rwanda bill

A protest in London in 2022 against a plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
A protest in London in 2022 against a plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Photograph: Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Civil servants have threatened ministers with legal action over concerns that senior Home Office staff could be in breach of international law if they implement the government’s Rwanda deportation bill.

The FDA union, which represents senior civil servants, have warned they could also be in violation of the civil service code – and open to possible prosecution – if they followed a minister’s demands to ignore an urgent injunction from Strasbourg banning a deportation.

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