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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal and Pippa Crerar

Unions condemn plan to make civil servants ignore ECHR Rwanda rulings

Side profile of Michael Tomlinson as he gets into a car.
Michael Tomlinson, the minister for countering illegal migration, said ministers were planning to ‘tweak’ the civil service code. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Unions have condemned a planned change to Whitehall rules meaning civil servants must ignore Strasbourg judgments halting Rwanda deportation flights.

Home Office staff removing asylum seekers will be told to implement last-minute injunctions from the European court of human rights (ECHR) only if ordered to do so by a minister, according to official guidance.

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