London – The British government canceled the flight scheduled for Tuesday evening Deport the first group of asylum seekers for Rwanda, after a last-minute intervention by a European human rights court.
The UK government said in April that it planned to send some migrants who come into the country illegally – mainly single adult men – to the Central African country. The objective, the government said, is Discourage smugglers. The first group of asylum seekers were to be deported to Rwanda on Tuesday. But in an early setback to this new major immigration policy, all seven migrants were taken off the plane after the European Court of Human Rights questioned whether they would be returned to the UK if the relocation policy was later deemed illegal. . A UK court is due to rule whether the policy is legal in July.