UK Court of Appeal Dismisses Last-Ditch Effort to Block Deportation Flight to Rwanda

Undated photo showing group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, on board a Border Force vessel. Gareth Fuller/PA Media

The first flight to relocate the UK’s illegal entrants has been given a green light after Court of Appeal judges dismissed a last-ditch blocking effort on Monday.

But the number of people who will be on Tuesday’s flight has been reduced the eight, according to Care4Calais, one of the charities challenging the policy.