Court rules UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda is legal

Rwanda asylum seekers judgement, London

Protesters outside the Royal Courts of Justice after the plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed legal Source: Getty / Future Publishing

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The UK High Court has given the British government a green light to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. But human rights advocates continue to argue that this country is not safe for refugees.

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