Lawyers prepare for legal battles on behalf of individual asylum seekers challenging removal to east Africa
Rishi Sunak has said the first flights removing asylum seekers to Rwanda were planned to depart in 10 to 12 weeks, missing his original spring target.Rishi Sunak has said the first flights removing asylum seekers to Rwanda were planned to depart in 10 to 12 weeks, missing his original spring target.
Sunak has put the bill, which would deport asylum seekers who arrive in the UK by irregular means to Kigali, at the centre of his attempts to stop small boats crossing the Channel. The Home Office has whittled the list down to 350 migrants who are deemed to pose the least risk of submitting successful legal challenges blocking their deportation.
They must lodge an appeal within eight days of receiving a deportation letter. The Home Office would then be given several days to respond. If their appeal is rejected, the person claiming asylum will then be given seven days to lodge a final appeal to an upper tribunal court, which will decide their claim within a further 23 days.
The government will not send those who are eligible under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy to Rwanda, a Home Office minister told peers during one of the many debates held on Monday evening.
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