One-way ticket to Rwanda: How the government’s asylum plan was put on ice
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The government’s flagship immigration policy has been put on pause, following an intervention from the European Court of Human Rights. How was the first asylum flight to Rwanda halted? And what will happen next?
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| 0:31.0 | Last Tuesday, the Times Home Affairs Editor, Matt Dathan, |
| 0:35.0 | found himself working long into the night. |
| 0:39.0 | It was a bit of a waiting game, really. |
| 0:42.0 | Powered by our edging towards the flight, taking off. |
| 0:45.0 | We were just talking to both sides, |
| 0:47.0 | really talking to the home office, |
| 0:49.0 | talking to the campaigners as well, |
| 0:52.0 | and just trying to get an idea of the legal arguments |
| 0:55.0 | forward against the likelihood of it taking off. |
| 0:57.0 | It sounds like a frantic day in Westminster. |
| 1:00.0 | It was definitely a frantic evening, yes. |
| 1:04.0 | We actually only got confirmation |
| 1:07.0 | that the flight was going to be grounded at 10pm, |
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