A Boeing 767-300 is ready on a Department of Defense runway at Boscombe Down in Amesbury to transport the first migrants to the East African country later this afternoon. However, the European Court of Human Rights has approved an urgent interim measure preventing the removal of an Iraqi detainee who was to be deported. The court instructed the UK Government that the applicant should not be deported to Rwanda until three weeks after the final domestic decision was taken as part of the ongoing judicial review process. Johnson hints UK may withdraw from European Convention on Human Rights – Political news live The Interior Ministry also confirmed in writing that another Iraqi detainee, who was also scheduled to fly tonight, would not be on the plane following an order from the Supreme Court barring him from leaving. It is understood that the European Court of Justice will consider a number of further requests and will publish any other decisions where possible.
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Sky News understands that the government may try to address the calls this afternoon before the plane departs for Rwanda. The challenges of four asylum seekers who were to be on the plane were rejected earlier. A fifth man lost an attempt to appeal to the Supreme Court after a panel of three judges refused to challenge the Court of Appeal’s decision that the flight to Rwanda could take place. This rejected an appeal by two refugee charities and the Public and Commercial Services Association. Citing brief reasons for the ruling, the court’s president, Lord Reed, said there had been an “assurance” that if the government’s policy of expelling asylum seekers in Rwanda was deemed illegal, measures would be taken to repatriate the relocated migrants. in the intermediate nation of East Africa. Protesters in Stop Deportations took immediate action to resist the first deportation flight, locking themselves with metal pipes and closing the exits of the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Center in Heathrow, where the remaining Homeland Security personnel were believed to be staying. for Rwanda. held. “This policy is the result of many years of portraying immigrants as less than human beings; it enables the Ministry of Interior to cause them pain and escape. We, the public, refuse to accept the cruel, inhuman and inhuman behavior of the Ministry. “Illegal plans,” said a Stop Deportations activist. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:52 Rwanda: What is the government plan? The prime minister has vowed to “continue” with Rwandan politics The plan to send people to Rwanda was challenged in the courts and condemned by the senior bishops of the Church of England as “an immoral policy”. However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the aim of the policy was “to support safe and legal routes for people to come to the UK and oppose illegal and dangerous routes”. The prime minister told broadcasters on Tuesday that the program “may take some time to work properly, but that does not mean we are not going to continue”. Asked if it would be necessary to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights in order to limit legal challenges, Mr Johnson added: “Will it be necessary to change some laws to help us as we move forward? is under constant review “. It was previously understood that seven asylum seekers were to make the first flight from the United Kingdom to the East African country. The number of people who will now board the plane is unclear. The four possible deportees who lost their Supreme Court bids earlier today to avoid being flown to the plane include: • An Iraqi Kurd who had suffered from PTSD in Turkey while traveling in the United Kingdom and had filed a claim requesting not to be removed due to his mental health and relationship with his sister, who lives in the United Kingdom; a Vietnamese man who claimed that had received death threats from moneylenders in Vietnam, who also refused after a judge denied that he had been denied translation services; a man traveling to the UK from Iran with his 21-year-old son had asked the court to prevent his removal mental health and the right to family life • a request from a Kurd, to whom he also refused to appeal. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 2:41 Rwanda: The prime minister is ready to change the law An appeal to the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal by teams including Care4Calais on the first flight under the Rwandan program has failed to raise the cost of the flight to .000 500,000. The government has rejected this amount, but the cost of deportation is believed to be hundreds of thousands of pounds. Read more: What is it like to be a refugee in Rwanda? Why are migrants being sent to Rwanda and how will it work? Downing Street said the current approach would cost UK taxpayers 1,5 1.5 billion a year already, with σχεδόν 5m a day hosting asylum seekers in hotels. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:45 “Living in Rwanda is not a punishment” In Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, Sky News asked the government how they felt about the deportees, who said they would rather die than be sent there. “We do not consider life in Rwanda a punishment,” said Yolande Makolo. Last year, more than 28,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats – more than three times the number seen in 2020. More than half were either Iranians or Iraqis, with people from Eritrea and Syria crossing, according to the Interior Ministry.
