Court rules Rwanda deportation legal

• The High Court ruled that the government can deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
• Boris Johnson’s controversial policy “complies with the refugee convention.”
• Health secretary wants to talk to unions.

The High Court ruled that the government can deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Lord Justice Lewis said Boris Johnson’s controversial policy “complies with the refugee convention.”

Before deporting someone, he said, the home secretary should consider their “circumstances.”

Health secretary wants to talk to unions.

The senior judge ruled Priti Patel did not “properly consider” the circumstances of the first eight people to be sent to the country.

Their cases will be sent back to Suella Braverman “to be reconsidered.”

Some asylum seekers who reached the UK via small boat Channel crossings will be deported to Rwanda to have their cases processed.

Then-Home Secretary Priti Patel said it would deter people from making the dangerous journey, but human rights activists, charities, and opposition parties called it inhumane.

The first flight was scheduled for June with four people on board, but it was halted after legal challenges. The European Court of Human Rights ruled the plan posed “a real risk of irreversible harm.”

When they took over Number 10, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss vowed to continue the policy.

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