London court permits appeal over UK’s Rwanda migrant plan

• High Court in London granted permission to a group of asylum seekers.
• The idea will prevent people smugglers.
• Permission was also granted to consider whether the Home Office could rely on Rwanda’s assurances.

London’s High Court on Monday granted permission to a group of asylum seekers to appeal against a ruling that Britain’s plan to send migrants to Rwanda is lawful.

The British interior ministry said it will defend its policy, which is a key component of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to deal with the high number of migrants arriving in small boats.

The administration claims the idea will prevent people smugglers, but it has been condemned by human rights organizations and even King Charles since its announcement in April.

The first planned deportation flight was halted last June by a last-minute judgment by the European Court of Human Rights, which imposed an injunction barring any deportations until the conclusion of legal proceedings in the United Kingdom.

The High Court concluded last month that it was legal for Britain to establish arrangements with the Rwandan government to transport asylum seekers there, but it upheld eight individual asylum seekers’ legal challenges.

Now those asylum seekers plus one other have been granted permission to appeal on several grounds, including that the High Court was mistaken to find the Rwanda removal policy was not “systematically discriminatory”.

Permission was also granted to consider whether the Home Office could rely on Rwanda’s assurances about the conditions for asylum seekers moved to the nation.

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