Thread by @Care4Calais

The High Court has denied an injunction seeking to stop next week's planned flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda. He says that each case should be considered on an individual basis and there is no need for an injunction.

However, as a result of today’s case six refugees have had their directions to be sent to Rwanda cancelled. This shows how important it is that no one is deported until the lawfulness of the policy is fully examined. Some of the refugees do not yet have legal representation.

They are at risk of being deported by a policy that may ultimately be found to be unlawful. We are therefore considering an urgent appeal.
This is an extremely disappointing outcome and we are deeply concerned for the welfare of the people who may be forcibly deported to Rwanda.

Such deportation could profoundly harm their mental health and future lives. However, today was just the beginning of this legal challenge and we believe that the next stage may bring an end to this utterly barbaric plan.

There are other, more humane and more effective ways to both save lives and combat people smugglers. As compassionate people, we need to ask ourselves if an unnecessarily brutal and cruel plan like Rwanda is really what we want to do.

During the hearing UNHCR explained several reasons why they consider that the policy is unlawful. We now need the courts to do the right thing and agree.

Today’s decision was on the granting of interim relief. This is not the Court’s decision on the lawfulness of the Rwanda policy, which will be determined at a final hearing.
We need your help more than ever to #StopRwanda. Please go to care4calais.org/stop-rwanda/