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Legal action against government's Rwanda plan launches at the Supreme Court
Home Secretary Suella Braverman disembarking her plane as she arrives at Kigali International Airport for her visit to Rwanda, March 18, 2023

AN ATTEMPT to overturn a ruling that the government’s plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda is unlawful was launched in the Supreme Court today.

The Home Office is asking Britain’s highest court to overrule the Court of Appeal’s judgement against the highly contentious plan.

Legal action opposing the policy was brought by asylum-seekers and human rights organisations.

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