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Patel 'committed' to Rwanda asylum plan

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Published date16 June 2022
The Home Secretary said she was surprised by the European Court of Human Rights' intervention, overruling domestic judicial decisions, but told MPs yesterday that it was "inevitable" there would be legal challenges to the Government's policy

In an apparent reference to the human rights lawyers who have repeatedly taken on the Government, she told MPs that "the usual suspects" had set out to "thwart" the plan.

But she added: "This Government will not be deterred from doing the right thing. We will not be put off by the inevitable legal last-minute challenges.

"Nor will we allow mobs to block removals." Giving details of the decisions made out of hours by the Strasbourg court, she said it had not ruled the policy was unlawful but "prohibited the removal of three of those on last night's flight".

"Those prohibitions last for different time periods but are not an absolute bar on their transfer to Rwanda. Anyone who has been ordered to be released by the courts will be tagged while we continue to progress their relocation."

She said the court's decision was "disappointing and surprising" but "we remain committed to this policy".

"We believe that we are fully compliant with our domestic and international obligations, and preparations for our future flights and the next flights have already begun," she told MPs.

Ms Patel and Prime Minister Boris Johnson have repeatedly hit out at the lawyers bringing legal challenges against the Government and the groups and MPs supporting them.

The Home Secretary told the Commons: "I am afraid the usual suspects, with...

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