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UK high court rules migrant deportation to Rwanda is legal

UK Court to rule on controversial government plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda. File photo shows demonstrators protesting outside Gatwick airport's perimeter fence against a planned deportation flight of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda earlier this year. © Reuters

Judges at Britain’s High Court have ruled the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal.

UPDATE 13h00 UT: Britain's High Court ruled this Monday that a plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal but the government must consider the circumstances of each case before deporting anyone.

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