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A flight chartered to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda as part of a new government policy was grounded following an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The plan to deport asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda is intended, the government says, to deter people…

After ruling by Strasbourg court, No 10 refuses to rule out withdrawing from European convention on human rights

All European states except Russia and Belarus are signatories to the convention drawn up after the Second World War

Priti Patel is giving a statement to Parliament on the Rwanda flight after the European Court of Human Rights grounded a plane carrying asylum seekers. We explain what's going on, the ECHR and what's next

Boris Johnson declared 'Keep the European Convention, it's a fine thing. Get out of the EU' during the referendum campaign

International court that grounded deportation flight was established in 1959 to stop human rights abuses

THE UK Government is preparing a new flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda after its planned inaugural flight was cancelled following a…

First flight in government’s controversial plan to send refugees to Rwanda was halted at last minute

THE cancellation of the first flight under the Government’s controversial Rwanda policy after last-minute intervention has focused attention on…