Published 4 years ago

UK judge halts Home Office flight to remove asylum seekers

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A senior high court judge has halted a charter flight hours before up to 20 asylum seekers who crossed the Channel to the UK in small boats were due to be forcibly removed to Spain, a country they had previously passed through.

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The Guardian

UK judge halts Home Office flight to remove asylum seekers

Lawyers argue group of up to 20 people will be left destitute in Spain if deported

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Judge forces Home Office to cancel deportation flight because asylum seekers faced destitution on arrival

Home Office scheduled charter flight to Spain two weeks after Syrian asylum seekers were left homeless in Madrid following removal from UK

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Flight to remove asylum seekers from UK grounded at last moment

The three men had set foot in Spain before they travelled to the UK (Picture: Getty Images)The Home Secretary has said she is ‘bitterly disappointed’ that a flight removing three asylum seekers from the UK was grounded by a successful High Court challenge. The three men, a Syrian and two from Yemen, had travelled to the UK from North Africa, but had first set foot in Spain, a judge heard. Spanish authorities then agreed they should be returned t…

4 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Express & Star

Judge grounds charter flight due to take asylum seekers to Madrid

Lawyers representing three men who arrived in Britain on small boats raised concerns that people could end up destitute in Spain

4 years ago·Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

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The Herald Scotland

Judge grounds charter flight due to take asylum seekers to Madrid

Lawyers representing three men who arrived in Britain on small boats raised concerns that people could end up destitute in Spain

4 years ago

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Belfast Telegraph

Judge grounds charter flight due to take asylum seekers to Madrid

A charter flight due to take asylum seekers to Madrid has been grounded by a judge after lawyers raised concerns that passengers could end up destitute in Spain.

4 years ago·Belfast, United Kingdom

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