Fresh attempts to stop Tuesday’s flight come as it emerges only handful of people could be onboard
Plans to fly people seeking asylum to Rwanda on Tuesday will face two legal challenges on Monday amid growing concerns within government that only a handful of refugees could be on the flight if it is given permission to take off.
A coalition of two refugee charities, Detention Action and Care4Calais, and the PCS union, which represents Border Force staff, were granted leave on Friday to appeal the rejection of their injunction on Monday morning. The charity Asylum Aid, backed by Freedom from Torture, will mount a fresh attempt to stop the flight in the high court in the afternoon.
