UK's 'immoral' migrant flights to Rwanda get all-clear from courts

Demonstrators take to the streets in protest at the UK government's contraversial deal to deport migrants to Rwanda, Monday, 13 June 2022. © Getty Images

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has beaten back criticism of his plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, saying that efforts to block the flights were "abetting the work of criminal gangs" involved in smuggling people across borders, while the Church of England has called the deportations "immoral."

The UK government defended its controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda on Tuesday, even as the entire senior leadership of the Church of England branded it shameful and immoral.