Judges in Rwanda Deportations Case Showed ‘Excessive Deference’ to Home Office, Court of Appeal Told

Protesters outside the High Court in London for the ruling on Rwanda deportation flights, on June 13, 2022. Aaron Chown/PA

Two High Court judges who dismissed a series of legal challenges against the government’s planned deportations to Rwanda showed “excessive deference” to the Home Office and the guarantees it had received from the Rwandan government, the Court of Appeal has heard.

In December, Lord Justice Lewis and Mr. Justice Swift ruled the policy of deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda if they had crossed the English Channel was lawful but gave the charity Asylum Aid the right challenge their decision in a higher court.