Legal challenge claims ministers ignored evidence of violations including torture in east African country
Raza Husain QC, appearing on behalf of asylum seekers, along with the Public and Commercial Services Union and groups Care4Calais and Detention Action, on Monday said the policy was “unlawful under the Human Rights Act and the common law”.face a significant risk of violation of their rights to be free from torture and inhuman treatment,” the court was told.
“Those who protest or dissent from government directives, including refugees, are faced with police violence. All of those observations are drawn from our own government officials.”is defending the claims. A spokesperson for the department has argued that Rwanda is a “fundamentally safe and secure country, with a track record of supporting asylum seekers”.
Nevertheless, the first deportation flight, due to take off on 14 June, was grounded after a series of legal challenges.
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