British justice rejects appeals against deportations of migrants in Rwanda

Demonstrators hold signs next to Gatwick airport, south London, on June 12, 2022, to demonstrate against the British government's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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Thirty-one people are due to be sent to Rwanda on Tuesday June 14 as part of Downing Street's controversial policy to return migrants who arrived illegally in the UK.

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On the eve of the first planned departures, the British courts on Monday rejected last-minute appeals against the government's controversial plan to send migrants who arrived illegally in the United Kingdom to Rwanda.

A first flight of around 30 people is due to leave tomorrow.

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,” declared the judge of the London Court of Appeal, seized against this project of the Conservative government of Boris Johnson which aims to discourage illegal crossings of the Channel, which are on the rise.

Home Secretary Priti Patel's policies are hotly debated in the country.

Several demonstrations took place to protest against the deportation of migrants to Rwanda.

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For his part, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi strongly condemned the British government's plan to send migrants who arrived illegally in the United Kingdom to Rwanda.

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", denounced Filippo Grandi during a press conference in Geneva, on the eve of the first planned departures.

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