Rwanda deportation law should not apply in Northern Ireland, court rules

Sinéad Marmion, the solicitor in the case, said the judgment sent the clear message that asylum seekers in Northern Ireland would be legally protected. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

The cornerstone of Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation policy should not apply in Northern Ireland because it undermines human rights protections guaranteed in the region under post-Brexit arrangements, a high court judge has ruled.

Parts of the UK’s Illegal Migration Act were also incompatible with the European convention on human rights (ECHR), Mr Justice Humphreys said.