British government's 1st asylum seeker deportation flight to Rwanda called off
Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:02 pm
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The British government has grounded its first scheduled flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, under a controversial agreement, according to multiple British media reports.
The cancellation of the flight, which was set to carry just seven people to the African nation, followed a last-minute European Court of Human Rights injunction, that followed failed attempts to halt the flight in U.K. courts. The Boeing 767 was due to depart at 10:30 p.m. local time.
The European court granted the injunction "in the case of one of the asylum seekers, an Iraqi national who fled to Turkey in April, then crossed the English Channel by boat," a statement from the court reads. It said the man made an asylum claim upon arriving in the U.K. in May, saying he was in danger in his home country.
The British government has grounded its first scheduled flight to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, under a controversial agreement, according to multiple British media reports.
The cancellation of the flight, which was set to carry just seven people to the African nation, followed a last-minute European Court of Human Rights injunction, that followed failed attempts to halt the flight in U.K. courts. The Boeing 767 was due to depart at 10:30 p.m. local time.
The European court granted the injunction "in the case of one of the asylum seekers, an Iraqi national who fled to Turkey in April, then crossed the English Channel by boat," a statement from the court reads. It said the man made an asylum claim upon arriving in the U.K. in May, saying he was in danger in his home country.