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UK to bring in new Bill of Rights after migrant deportation defeat

FILE PHOTO: Protesters in support of asylum seekers wait at the perimeter of the airport, in Wiltshire, Britain, June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Britain will begin legislating on Wednesday for a new Bill of Rights to give the government the power to ignore rulings from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), which last week blocked ministers' plans to send migrants to Rwanda.

Last Tuesday, the ECHR issued last minute injunctions to prevent a handful of asylum seekers being sent to the East African country, meaning Britain's first planned deportation flight did not go ahead on schedule.

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