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UK government plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is unlawful, court rules

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Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during the London Defense Conference, at King’s College, in central London, on May 23, 2023.

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The British government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful, London’s Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday in a judgment that gives a blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to stop migrants from arriving on small boats.

The three senior appeal court judges ruled, by a majority, that Rwanda could not be treated as a safe third country.

Judge Ian Burnett said the majority found “the deficiencies in the asylum system in Rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to Rwanda will be returned to their home countries where they face persecution and other inhumane treatment.”

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