Rwanda deportation law should not apply in Northern Ireland, court rules

Marmion, the solicitor in the case, said the judgment sent the clear message that asylum seekers in Northern Ireland would be legally protected.

But the court ruling on Monday found that provisions in the act resulted in a “diminution of rights” in Northern Ireland, including for asylum seekers resident there. The Rwanda plan has also alarmed the Irish government, which says most asylum seekers to the republic come from the UK via Northern Ireland, leading toThe ruling involved two cases, one taken by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and the other by a 16-year-old asylum seeker from Iran who is living in Northern Ireland having arrived in the UK as an unaccompanied child.

Human rights lawyers said the judgment opened the possibility of discrimination challenges because the Illegal Migration Act now treats asylum seekers living in different parts of the UK differently.The prime minister said: “This judgment changes nothing about our operational plans to send illegal migrants to Rwanda this July or the lawfulness of our Safety of Rwanda Act.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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