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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor, Rajeev Syal and Emine Sinmaz in Kigali

Rwanda asylum flight cancelled after 11th-hour ECHR intervention

Boris Johnson’s plan to send an inaugural flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda has been abandoned after a dramatic 11th-hour ruling by the European court of human rights.

Up to seven people who had come to the UK seeking refuge had been expected to be removed to the east African country an hour and a half before the flight was due to take off.

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