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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Ministers dismiss Tory MPs’ calls to quit European court after Rwanda flight grounded

REUTERS

Ministers have dismissed clamouring from Tory MPs to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights after the Home Office was forced to abandon its inaugural flight deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda.

It comes after a handful of migrants won a last minute legal reprieve from an out-of-hours judge at the European Court of Human Rights, blocking ministers’ attempts to relocate them on a chartered flight costing taxpayers around £500,000.

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