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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Holly Bancroft and May Bulman

Two asylum seekers face review of ECHR decision not to deport them to Rwanda

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Two asylum seekers who had their deportation to Rwanda halted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) face a review of the decision from Monday.

The European court made a dramatic last minute intervention on Tuesday night, ruling that an Iraqi asylum seeker should not be removed to Rwanda until the lawfulness of the Home Office’s policy was established in the English courts.

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