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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Enver Solomon

It took a human rights court to halt No 10’s Rwanda flight – and act with basic humanity

The grounded plane at Boscombe Down near Amesbury, Wiltshire.
The grounded plane at Boscombe Down near Amesbury, Wiltshire. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Who knows what lies in store for the men who received a last-minute reprieve from being shipped thousands of miles across the globe to Rwanda.

The UK government still wants to press ahead: Priti Patel pronounced herself disappointed. But have no doubt, Tuesday night’s botched attempt – halted after a legal injunction from the European court of human rights – is a watershed moment: in government policymaking, in the country’s global standing and for our collective moral compass.

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