Rwanda ‘safe’ for deported asylum seekers – UK court told

By AFP The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful. Three appeal court judges in London blocked the controversial plan in June, assessing that the African nation could not be considered a safe, third country. At the start of a three-day hearing at the Supreme Court on Monday, lawyer James Eadie, representing the interior ministry, conceded that Rwanda was “a country less attractive” than the UK. But he told a panel of five judges in the country’s highest court that it was “nevertheless safe”. Both London and Kigali were “committed” to ensuring the deal they signed would work, […]