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UK court says asylum seeker deportation to Rwanda can go ahead

Demonstrators protest outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, while a legal case is heard over halting a planned deportation of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda on June 10, 2022 [Toby Melville/Reuters]

The first flight to take asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Rwanda can go ahead next week, the High Court in London ruled after a judge dismissed attempts to win an injunction to stop the deportation to the East African nation.

Charities and a trade union had launched a legal challenge against the British government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, saying it was unsafe, but the court ruled on Friday that the first flight could take place as scheduled next week.

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