Government Officials Told Priti Patel Not To Do Asylum Deal With Rwanda Court Hears
Lawyers acting for asylum seekers from countries such as Syria and Iraq, as well as charities and Border Force staff, have been sent thousands of documents detailing the internal review of the policy – which they say is illegal. Documents presented at a High Court hearing on Tuesday said Rwanda had “initially been excluded from the list of potential partner countries for [Priti Patel’s] proposed immigration policy for human rights reasons’....