Northern Ireland Court Blocks UK Asylum Seeker Deportations to Rwanda
Judge rules UK's Illegal Migration Act violates human rights protections under the Windsor Framework and Good Friday Agreement.
- High Court in Belfast finds the UK law incompatible with European Convention on Human Rights.
- The ruling disapplies the deportation provisions of the Illegal Migration Act in Northern Ireland.
- Legal challenges were brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and an Iranian asylum seeker.
- UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vows to appeal the decision, insisting it won't derail the Rwanda deportation scheme.
- Conservative MPs call for new legislation to assert UK's control over its borders.