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Legal campaign forces government to delay deportations to Rwanda
Campaigners say the postponement was a direct response to a letter sent to the Home Office as part of a legal challenge to the policy
Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta (left) with Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel (right) who confirmed plans to send asylum-seekers on a one-way ticket to Rwanda
LEGAL action has forced the government to delay its first refugee deportation flights to Rwanda, campaigners claimed today.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced last weekend that 50 asylum-seekers who came to Britain by crossing the Channel in small boats have been given notice that they are to be flown to the African nation within the next fortnight.
But campaigners said they had heard on Wednesday evening that the Rwanda flights will not now take place until at least June 6.
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