The British government's controversial plan to send migrants arriving illegally in Britain to Rwanda is unsafe and irrational, lawyers seeking an injunction to stop the first planned deportations told the High Court in London on Friday.
The government announced in April it had struck a deal to send potentially tens of thousands of asylum seekers to the East African nation in a bid to undermine people-smuggling networks, and stem the flow of migrants risking their lives by crossing the English Channel in small boats from Europe.
"The pleaded case by the Secretary of State that Rwanda provides safe asylum is irrational," said Raza Hussain, the lawyer acting for Care4Calais, Detention Action, and the Public and Commercial Services Union , which represents civil servants in Britain's Home Office . There was "clear public interest in deterring the making of dangerous journeys and the activities of criminal smugglers" which meant the flight should go ahead as scheduled, they said.
The government's plan has raised an outcry among human rights groups, opposition left-wing and liberal lawmakers as well as some in Johnson's Conservative Party.
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