Lawyers: Britain's plan to send migrants to Rwanda is illegal

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Migrants on April 14, 2022 huddle under blankets, brought to port by the UK Border Force. PHOTO | GLYN KIRK | AFP

Britain's plan to send migrants to Rwanda is unlawful because the East African country is not a safe country, lawyers for a group of asylum seekers told the court of appeal in London on Monday.

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak government wants to send thousands of migrants more than 4,000 miles (6,400 kilometres) away to Rwanda as part of a $174 million deal agreed last year.