British justice rejected a last-minute appeal from refugee defense associations and a union, who wanted to block Boris Johnson’s project.
Correspondent in London
Custom dictates that the monarchy does not risk itself in politics. In a very unusual way, therefore, Prince Charles indirectly came out of his reserve on the sensitive subject of immigration. This shows that the government’s plan to send migrants who arrived illegally in the United Kingdom back to Rwanda is arousing strong controversy. In private, according to the press, the heir to the Crown would have said to himself “appalled“by this approach”appalling».
On the eve of the first planned flight, British justice rejected a last-minute appeal from refugee defense associations and a union, who wanted to block Boris Johnson’s project. The London Court of Appeal followed the High Court, which ruled on Friday that this first departure could take place. The High Court also rejected another appeal on Monday evening, brought by the association Asylum Aid. The final hearing on this entire government plan will take place in July.
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