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Demonstrators outside the Royal Courts of Justice, central London, protesting against the Government's plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, while a High Court hearing over the policy is ongoing. Picture date: Monday September 5, 2022.
ASYLUM-SEEKERS sent to Rwanda face a “real risk” of being deported back to nations where they face persecution and torture, the United Nations’ refugee agency has warned in a rare intervention in the High Court.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that it wanted to make an “unequivocal warning” against Tory plans to send refugees on a one-way ticket to the African nation.
The policy is being challenged in the High Court by several asylum-seekers and campaign groups who argue that the plans are unlawful.
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
