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Added on the 24/09/2019 15:47:49 - Copyright : France 24 EN
The UK's Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal by lawyers representing an asylum seeker who is set to be sent to Rwanda on a government deportation flight, meaning the flight can go ahead. Judge Robert Reed rules that there was no basis for the Supreme Court to take up a challenge against a Court of Appeals ruling on the issue. The first flight is set to take off from the UK for Kigali on the evening of Tuesday 14 June 2022, with the government saying the policy will deter migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats. SOUNDBITE
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he disagrees with but will respect the Supreme Court ruling which found his decision to suspend parliament unlawful. SOUNDBITE
Protesters react with joy as Britain's Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully in suspending parliament in the run-up to Brexit. IMAGES
Pro-EU activist Gina Miller arrives at the Supreme Court in London ahead of hearings on Prime minister Boris Johnson's explosive decision to suspend parliament for over a month. People protested in silence in front of the Supreme Court. IMAGES of the protest
The government of Prime Minister Theresa May seek to overturn a ruling that it must obtain parliamentary approval before triggering Brexit, in a highly-charged case in Britain's highest court. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the UK and Rwanda are eyeing a new deal on asylum seekers, after Britain's highest court ruled that removing migrants to the African country was unlawful. "If it becomes clear that our domestic legal frameworks or international conventions are still frustrating plans at that point, I am prepared to change our laws and revisit those international relationships," he tells lawmakers during the weekly prime minister's questions in parliament. SOUNDBITE