Rwanda asylum policy: Migrants granted right to challenge

(BBC) Migrants facing potential removal to Rwanda under the Home Office’s relocation scheme have won permission to challenge the policy.

Last month the High Court ruled that the scheme was lawful.

Today’s ruling means there is no prospect of flights leaving immediately while it goes to the Court of Appeal.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said she is committed to making the Rwanda policy work.

Under the controversial scheme, asylum seekers who arrive from a safe country — such as in a small boat from France — can be told they will be sent to Rwanda, to have their claim for protection dealt with there.

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