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There should be no deportations to Rwanda until policy is tested in the courts, border guard's union says
Young children among a group of people brought to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel

ASYLUM-SEEKERS should not be deported to Rwanda until the legality of the policy is tested in the courts, a trade union leader has said. 

A charter flight to the African nation carrying asylum-seekers from countries including Syria, Iran and Iraq is scheduled for Tuesday after a High Court judge ruled on Friday that it could go ahead. 

Campaigners have appealed against the decision, which will be heard in the High Court on Monday. 

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