Rwanda deportations: how the first asylum flight from the UK was cancelled
Guardian, 15 Jun 2022
On 14 June the first flight to Rwanda was scheduled to deport seven asylum seekers but the government was forced to cancel the flight after the ECHR raised a case for one of the people onboard.
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Campaigners disrupted the roads surrounding Heathrow airport while human rights groups launched a flurry of legal battles in an attempt to stop the controversial policy from progressing
Rwanda asylum flight cancelled after 11th-hour ECHR intervention ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/14/european-court-humam-right-makes-11th-hour-intervention-in-rwanda-asylum-seeker-plan
‘Tens of thousands’ to a cancelled flight: how No 10’s Rwanda plan began to fall apart ► https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/15/tens-of-thousands-to-a-cancelled-flight-how-no-10-rwanda-plan-began-to-fall-apart
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