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    Rishi Sunak and ECHR chief clash over 'pyjama injunctions' against Rwanda flights

    by Nicholas Cecil and Jitendra Joshi Jan 25, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: UK PARLIAMENT/AFP via Getty Images

    Rishi Sunak on Thursday rejected a demand from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) president that Britain comply with any 11th-hour intervention by judges against his Rwanda deportation plan.

    The Prime Minister is pushing through legislation empowering his Government to ignore any "Rule 39" orders from the Strasbourg court over his plan to send some asylum seekers and economic migrants who cross the Channel in “small boats” to Rwanda.

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