High Court rules the Rwanda migrant deportation plan as “lawful”
A High Court judgement issued on Monday ruled that the Conservative plan to send migrants seeking asylum claims in the UK to Rwanda was lawful.
Judges dismissed appeals and applications from asylum seekers and aid groups attempting to stop the plan. 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.”
He added that the government “must decide if there is anything about each person’s particular circumstances which means that his asylum claim should be determined in the United Kingdom or whether there are other reasons why he should not be relocated to Rwanda. The home secretary has not properly considered the circumstances of the eight individual claimants whose cases we have considered.”
Following the ruling, home secretary Suella Braverman reinforced her intention to proceed with large-scale deportations.
It has been one of the most heavily criticised plans in UK politics from both sides, but some media outlets nonetheless utilised the ruling as a justification for exposing their bias, which in some cases, exposed a shocking prejudice.
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It’s worth including an op-ed run by The Times that was published a few days before the High Court ruling:
Rwanda is the right place for boat people
The Rwanda ruling is a sign of worse to come
Tories’ lawful Rwanda scheme will be instantly axed if Labour come into power
The Rwanda deal has been ruled lawful – but it’s bad news for this government
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