Government lawyers told Britain’s top court yesterday there was a serious and pressing need for its plan to deport migrants to Rwanda, one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s key policies, as they sought to overturn a ruling which declared it unlawful.
In June, London’s Court of Appeal concluded that the scheme to send tens of thousands of migrants more than 6 400km to East Africa was not lawful, saying Rwanda could not be treated as a safe third country.
The court ruled that those sent to Rwanda would be at risk of being sent home where they could face persecution despite having a legitimate asylum claim. This would make the policy unlawful under Britain’s Human Rights Act (HRA), which made the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) part of British…
You're reading a preview of
Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2023-10-10