At an appeals court hearing taking place in London, lawyers have argued that the British government’s plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda undermines the “basic dignity” of people who are escaping war and oppression. The Court of Appeal in London is hearing an application filed by a coalition of groups, including immigration rights advocates and public employee unions this Monday.
They are seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that would allow the first deportation flight to take off as scheduled on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, activists are challenging the deportations on a person-by-person basis, seeking to ensure that no migrants will be eligible for deportation even if the flights are allowed to go ahead.
This comes as demonstration are taking place in British capital yesterday, in protest at the “inhumane” accord between London and Kigali. Raza Husain, a lawyer for the migrants, said the lower court’s decision not to issue an injunction against the deportations “cannot rationally be sustained” because of concerns about the protection of migrant rights in Rwanda.
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