UK trade union says Rwanda deportation plan makes officials break law
Migrants wait for a bus to return from the beach to their camp, at Calais train station, in Calais, after migrants died in an attempt to cross the English Channel in France on April 23, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
Government officials would be acting unlawfully by implementing Britain's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in breach of an order from Europe's human rights court, a civil servants' trade union told London's High Court on Thursday.
The FDA union, formerly The Association of First Division Civil Servants, is taking legal action against the government over guidance issued to civil servants on how to implement decisions to remove people to Rwanda. It says this would mean its members breaking international law.
