The government will seek to appeal against a court ruling that found its plans to deport illegal immigrants to Rwanda to be unlawful.
Under the government’s proposed Illegal Migration Bill, anyone who arrives in the UK illegally will be banned from claiming asylum, and will be deported to their home country or a safe third country like Rwanda, and will also be banned from reentry.
In December, the High Court dismissed challenges against the policy and ruled that the policy is lawful.
But in a majority decision on Thursday, judges at the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court ruling and ruled that the policy is “unlawful.”…