The European Court of Human Rights issued an urgent warrant to one of the asylum seekers to remove him from the flight, just hours after the United Kingdom Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
The other six deported migrants also secured similar precautionary measures, and the .000 300,000 Boeing 747 charter flight, which was waiting at the RAF Boscombe Down in Wiltshire to transport them to Rwanda, was stalled.
This could mean that all deportation flights to Rwanda will be suspended for weeks until the judicial review, which is expected in late July, decides whether the policy is legal.
It also raises the prospect that ministers could reconsider joining the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to ensure that the program can move forward.
“European judges have substantiated the whole issue despite the ruling of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in favor of the government. “It’s horrible,” said a government source.
Home Secretary Pretty Patel said she was “disappointed” and “very surprised” by the intervention of the European courts despite the “repeated previous success in our domestic courts”.
He vowed not to be “discouraged from doing the right thing”, saying: “Preparations for the next flight are starting now”.
More than 130 migrants were initially selected for deportation to Rwanda, but only seven remained until Tuesday morning, after the rest successfully filed deportations, claiming their human rights to family life had been violated or that they had been victims of modern-day slavery.
The UK remained a signatory to the ECHR, which is overseen by the European Court of Justice despite leaving the EU. However, on Tuesday, Boris Johnson warned he would change laws if needed to limit legal challenges and left open the contract.
Asked during a visit to Staffordshire whether the United Kingdom should leave the ECtHR to avoid the kind of legal battle it has faced for Rwanda, Mr Johnson said lawyers were “very good at choosing ways to prevent government” to support what we believe. it’s a logical law. “
He added: “Will we need to change some laws to help us as we move forward? It may well be and all these options are under constant consideration “.
Speaking at the start of the cabinet meeting, the prime minister also accused the lawyers of “stepping up the work of criminal gangs” by preventing a policy of preventing migrants from making dangerous and unnecessary trips to the English Channel facilitated by smugglers. More than 400 crossed the Channel on Tuesday.
