Organisers of a demonstration against the Government's Rwanda plan have branded Tuesday's failed attempt to send asylum seekers to East Africa as a success.
As the plane which was due to carry the first asylum seekers to Rwanda stood on the runway prepared for flight, people came together at Grey's Monument in Newcastle to show they strongly disagree with the plans.
Just seven people were due to be on board the flight from Boscombe Down military base to Rwanda, which cost an estimated £500,000. But it was later revealed that due to last minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) all migrants were removed from the plane and the flight would not take off as scheduled.
