Several challenges were brought against the proposals.
Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, the High Court has ruled.
However, at the High Court in London on Monday, senior judges rejected arguments that the plans to provide one-way tickets to the east African nation were unlawful. In a summary of the ruling read out in court, Lord Justice Lewis said: “The court has concluded that it is lawful for the Government to make arrangements for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda and for their asylum claims to be determined in Rwanda rather than in the United Kingdom.”
At a five-day hearing in September, lawyers for several asylum seekers – along with the Public and Commercial Services union and charities Care4Calais and Detention Action – argued the plans are unlawful and that Rwanda “tortures and murders those it considers to be its opponents”. The Home Office defended the claims, with lawyers arguing the memorandum of understanding agreed between the UK and Rwanda provides assurances that ensure everyone sent there will have a “safe and effective” refugee status determination procedure.
“This is a positive step in our quest to contribute innovative, long-term solutions to the global migration crisis.”
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