R (on the application of AAA and ors) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (UNHCR Intervening)

The Supreme Court has handed down a judgment concerning the government’s proposal to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the Home Secretary’s appeal and upheld the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the Rwanda policy is unlawful.

Lord Pannick KC, Sir James Eadie KC, Mark Vinall, instructed by the Government Legal Department, for the Defendant.

Jason Pobjoy, Emmeline Plews, Will Bordell, Rayan Fakhoury, instructed by Duncan Lewis, for AAA (Syria) and HTN (Vietnam).

George Molyneaux, instructed by Baker McKenzie, for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Intervener).

The Supreme Court's judgment can be found here and press summary can be found here.