THE Home Office will “imminently” ask the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to reconsider its ruling that blocked asylum-seekers from being deported to Rwanda. 

The first deportation flight to Rwanda was due to take off last week, but was blocked following an intervention by the ECHR. 

The ruling by the Strasbourg court, granting interim relief in the case of an Iraqi refugee, led to other deportees having their tickets cancelled in British courts.