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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Gregor Young

Court action launched to block Tories' 'unlawful' Rwanda deportation plans

Home Secretary Priti Patel is hoping to send the first asylum seekers to Rwanda next week

CAMPAIGNERS have formally launched their court bid to stop the Government’s controversial plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Care4Calais and Detention Action have issued judicial review proceedings in the High Court, challenging what they describe as an “unlawful policy” by Home Secretary Priti Patel to remove asylum seekers to the east African nation.

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