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Young children among a group of people brought in to Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel
HOME SECRETARY Priti Patel is facing a legal challenge against her plans to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda.
Lawyers for the Freedom from Torture charity have sent a pre-action letter to the Home Office expressing “serious concerns about the lawfulness of the policy,” it emerged today.
The letter, which is expected to lead to a judicial review, requests disclosure of information relating to the plans including documents outlining the policy, risk assessments and the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the British and Rwandan governments.
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
