- Lord Justice Lewis threw out the plans to send eight people to Kigali
- He said the home secretary must think about them again.
- deportations would be in line with the Refugee Convention.
The High Court has ruled that the Rwanda policy is legal, but that the government did not “properly consider the circumstances” of some asylum seekers who were chosen for deportation.
Lord Justice Lewis threw out the plans to send eight people to Kigali because they went to court to stop it. He said the home secretary must think about them again.
But he added: “We have concluded that it is lawful for the government to make arrangements for relocating asylum seekers to Rwanda and for their asylum claims to be determined in Rwanda rather than the UK.”
The judge, who considered the case alongside Mr Justice Swift, said the policy announced by Priti Patel in April had been the “subject of considerable public debate”.
“The role of the court however is only to ensure that the law is properly understood and observed and that the rights guaranteed by parliament are respected,” he added.
