The UK government has abandoned its plan to turn migrant small boats back to the French side of the English Channel ahead of a judicial review of the policy.
Campaign groups that were challenging the tactic said on Monday that it was informed by the government’s legal department that the policy had been withdrawn by the Home Office.
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and Care4Calais said a three-day hearing on their challenge of the tactic along with Channel Rescue and Freedom from Torture was previously scheduled for May 3, adding, “The judicial review claims have now been withdrawn.”
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