Why UK is pushing for lifting of Rwanda deportation ban
An activist blocking a road leading away from the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre holds a banner during a protest against the British government's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, near Heathrow airport in London, on June 14, 2022. PHOTO | REUTERS
Britain pressed on with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda on Wednesday despite a last-minute intervention by European judges that grounded the first flight minutes before it was due to depart.
The government had been forced to fight a series of legal challenges in London courts, and believed it was ready to deport a handful of migrants on a charter plane to Rwanda on Tuesday night before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHO) stepped in.
