Two campaign teams – Detention Action and Care4Calais – join the PCS Association and four individual asylum seekers to sue. The Interior Ministry announced that the first asylum seekers will be sent to Rwanda on Tuesday as part of its new immigration policy. Proponents of her case have been working to make the actual transcript of this statement available online. The action groups have asked if a decision is in their favor to stop the plane altogether – so the decision does not only apply to the asylum seekers they represent. Sky News is aware of other asylum seekers who have been removed and who are not involved in these proceedings. With just a few days left until the flight, the decision is expected to be issued on the same day as the hearing. Care4Calais says it knows about nine Afghans. 35 Sudanese? 18 Syrians. 14 Iranians; 11 Egyptians, as well as Iraqis, Pakistanis, Albanians, Algerians, Chadians, Eritreans, Turks and Vietnamese, who have been told they could be transported on the first flight. “We hope the courts will agree with us” Clare Moseley, founder of Care4Calais, said: “We spoke to almost 100 detainees who were told they would be sent to Rwanda. Almost everyone is overwhelmed by absolute shock and despair. “Many came to the UK believing it was a good place to be treated more fairly than the places they fled from. We say Rwanda’s plan is illegal. We hope the courts will agree with us.” Efforts to secure precautionary measures are an eleventh-hour effort by the fighters to stop the flight. Care4Calais, Detention Action, and PCS have already filed for review and want the legality of the policy to be tested in court. Read more: Why are migrants being sent to Rwanda and how will it work? Asylum seekers “willing to hide” to avoid Rwanda’s plan The Home Office says it wants to stop trafficking in smugglers through the canal and sending asylum seekers to Rwanda as part of efforts to “review” the “broken” UK system. The government says it has pledged to work with Rwanda to provide security for asylum seekers and those identified as refugees who will be given the opportunity to rebuild their lives. Anyone deemed by the Home Office to have made a dangerous, unnecessary or illegal trip to the UK will meet the removal criteria in addition to the excluded migrant lonely children. A spokesman for the prime minister said: “We are confident of our position. If the legal challenges require us to go to court, we will discuss the case. “It is true that the first flight is scheduled for next week, so we have it ready to start.”
