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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Ninian Wilson

First flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda in doubt after ECHR intervention

The fate of the scheme's inaugural flight is now in doubt

THE European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has intervened at the last minute in the UK Government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which could ground the plan’s inaugural flight.

Lawyers representing one of the asylum seekers set to fly on Tuesday evening have succeeded in making an emergency application to the ECHR after running out of options with UK courts.

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