Posted on 06/14/2022 7:18:49 PM PDT by RandFan
The first flight scheduled to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda on Tuesday has been cancelled after a last-minute legal battle. Up to seven people had been expected to be removed to the east African country.
But the flight was stopped after an intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was “disappointed” but would not be deterred, and the “preparation for the next flight begins now”.
Speaking about the development, Conservative commentator Mr Robinson said on GB News: “It’s shown the Government is toothless, they don’t have the power to implement these policies.
“But it’s also subverting democracy because immigration is the number one cause of people voting for Conservatives at the moment.
“The Government can’t seem to do anything about it. You have got these leftist, liberal, activist lawyers undermining the democratic process.”
(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...
Why does the European Court have jurisdiction?
I know it’s confusing...
The ECHR has nothing to do with the EU.
It is a separate court established after WW2 . It rules over the whole continent of Europe with a human rights charter.
They’re blocking the deportation of the immigrants because they say their human rights will be infringed.
Well, at least it serves as a warning to any country that thinks this human livestock is just “passing through”...
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