High court halts eviction of refugee under Home Office 28-day policy

THe Home Office launched a pilot scheme to extend the 28-day move-on period to 56 days at the end of last year, but reverted to the 28-day move-on period in August. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

A high court judge has overruled the government by halting the eviction of a refugee from his asylum accommodation in an emergency case in the early hours of the morning.

Mr Justice Johnson made an order in the out-of-hours case just before 2am on Wednesday, disapplying a Home Office policy that requires new refugees to move on from their asylum accommodation within 28 days.