The home secretary, Priti Patel, is set to deliver a speech in the House of Commons after a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights grounded the first deportation flight to Rwanda.
Therese Coffey, the secretary of state for labor and pensions, stated that the public would be startled to learn that the European Court of Human Rights had overturned English judges and halted the first deportation flight to the east African country.
Ms. Coffey stated that officials were dismayed by the ruling, but rejected any suggestion that the United Kingdom should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, which created the court.
She stated that she was unaware of any such decisions or hints.
She added, “We’ll return.” I’m certain to appeal to the ECHR against this initial verdict because British judges have decided that these flights will proceed, and I still believe that this is the greatest possible outcome.”
Tuesday night, as the plane waited on a runway belonging to the Ministry of Defence, the European Court of Human Rights granted emergency injunctions to halt the deportation of the migrants on board.
The English Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that the flight could proceed in response to a court challenge by activists who contend that the government’s intention to deport some migrants to the east African nation is inhumane.
Church of England leaders have described the policy as a national disgrace, and Prince Charles is rumored to have privately described it as “appalling.”
Ms. Coffey’s comments match those of Home Secretary Priti Patel, who stated after the judgment that it was “quite unexpected” that the European court had “intervened” despite our domestic courts’ repeated prior successes.
Later, Ms. Patel is due to make a statement in the House of Commons. Some Conservative lawmakers are enraged that the Strasbourg court could halt a British flight.
Ms. Coffey stated, “The government anticipated a large number of legal challenges, and the British courts granted permission for this trip to take place.”
“The government is dissatisfied with the verdict. I’ve never witnessed such a swift determination by an ECHR official.
“I believe the general public will be astonished to learn that European judges have overruled British judges, but I am aware that the Home Office is already preparing for the next trip.
We will continue to prepare for and attempt to defeat any future legal challenges.
Ms. Coffey said that the program was “cost-effective” despite the government spending “millions of pounds each day on a failing asylum system.”
The government asserts that the program will dissuade migrants from undertaking the risky passage of the Channel to the United Kingdom.
When it was pointed out that it did not appear to be doing so yet, Ms. Coffey responded, “I suppose we will begin to notice this as flights take off.”
She refused to disclose when the government would attempt to deploy another flight to Rwanda.
Boris Johnson stated this week, in response to a question on Britain’s withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights, that it “may well be” necessary to “modify some laws to help us.
Convention and court are part of the Council of Europe, not the European Union.
