of people coming to the uk in small boats across the channel, what the government describes as an illegal route, that is challenged by others, but they say the answer to that and to deal with the people smugglers is to deal with the people smugglers is to relocate those who come to the uk by those kind of routes to rwanda, and you may remember they signed a deal with the rwandan government a few weeks ago, the home secretary went to the east african state and signed that deal, and the arrangement is, this is essentially arrangement is, this is essentially a one way ticket, those people who are relocated there will have if they wish they will have their asylum claims heard in rwanda and if successful they will be allowed to rebuild their lives in rwanda, if they are unsuccessful then they would be deported in the normal way by the rwandan authorities who would then take control of these asylum seekers as soon as they board the
spoken to a few people in blockhouse, where all those who are being sent at rand are being detained in detention centres, and the bbc has spoken to three people in a block house near gatwick airport, two people had fled the war in syria, and an egyptian man, and they were reporting that a number of people there had gone on hunger strike, that is now over, but they had been incidents of self harm and people saying they might commit suicide if they were forced to go to rwanda. so feelings are running very high. and further organisations behind the challenge which will be heard in the high court, either on friday or monday, the organisation says the home secretary is acting unlawfully, and that will be their argument. the home office says that what they are doing is totally
but they are trying to find common ground but what that is yet we don t know. for ground but what that is yet we don t know. ., ., ., ,, , ., a legal attempt has been launched to halt the government s controversial plans to send aylum seekers to rwanda. careltcalais and detention action are among the campaign groups who have issued the judicial review in the high court. the first flight taking migrants from the uk to rwanda is expected to leave next tuesday, though lawyers for more than 90 migrants have already submitted legal challenges against the move. let s talk to our home editor, mark easton. potentially, a flight next tuesday, just remind people watching exactly what this policy is here, what the government wants to try to achieve. the government believes that the answer to the problem particularly
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