government says today provided more than 300 reasons why there are when the flight should have been allowed to depart. that is how many asylum seekers arrived in dover, having attempted to cross the channel in small boat from france. the government deems them inadmissible for centuries in britain and in a bid to deter them, threatens them with forcible relocation to east africa. one of those on the passenger list was in a rain incurred who had been held at this immigration detention centre near heathrow. we spoke to him just before he learned his appeal against removal had been turned down. translation: removal had been turned down. translation: ,, . ., ., translation: since i learned i am auoin to translation: since i learned i am going to be translation: since i learned i am going to be deported translation: since i learned i am going to be deported to translation: since i learned i am going to be deported to rwanda, i translation: since i learned i am going to be deported to
hello, i m maryam moshiri. you re watching the context on bbc news. the first flight taking asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda is set to take off tonight with up to eight people scheduled to be removed borisjohnson told the cabinet the policy was aimed at tackling people traffickers. we ve had to work within the scope of common humanity and compassion, that s the right thing to do, but we have to interrupt the business model of the gangs. nicola sturgeon kicks off a new campaign for scottish independence. eight years after losing the last referendum, scotland s first minister said she wanted a vote to be held in the next 18 months. my duty as a democratically elected first minister is to the people of scotland.
international law. in the last half hour or so, international law. in the last half hour orso, it international law. in the last half hour or so, it has been confirmed that a plane taking a small number of asylum seekers from the uk to rwanda will be allowed to fly tomorrow. after the judges at the court of appeal rejected a legal bid to stop the fight. the home office had arranged the flight as part of its controversial plan to remove migrants to the east african country to have their asylum claims assessed there. campaigners had been trying to get an injunction to stop the flight going ahead. and dominic casciani joins us now from outside the court. so the flight is due to go ahead, dominic, tell us what the court has said this afternoon? titer? dominic, tell us what the court has said this afternoon? said this afternoon? very simply, the court of said this afternoon? very simply, the court of appeal said this afternoon? very simply, the court of appeal said - said this afternoo
carry out is unlawful. we believe that she is acting unlawfully and fundamentally that people should not be punished for seeking asylum, which is what would be happening. hopefully, you will have heard there that the home office says it believes it is compliant with international law? we believes it is compliant with international law? ~ , , ., international law? we dispute that fundamentally. international law? we dispute that fundamentally. we international law? we dispute that fundamentally. we are international law? we dispute that fundamentally. we are signatoriesj international law? we dispute that i fundamentally. we are signatories to the refugee convention, people have the refugee convention, people have the right to claim asylum in the uk and to make those applications to the uk, and what we are talking about in terms of the removals is not even. as the reporter noted there will be no route back to the uk whether or not somebody was recognised as a refugee and needed pr
since winning a confidence vote, insisting nothing will stop his government from delivering. one person is killed and many are injured as a car careers into a crowd in berlin police say they don t yet know if it was deliberate. the former hollywood producer harvey weinstein is to be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in london in 1996. and plans to send asylum seekers to rwanda as soon as next week face a legal challenge under emergency proceedings launched in the high court. the government has called the rmt union selfish and thoroughly