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UK vows more Rwanda deportation flights after legal setback

A soldier carries a child from a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England, by Border Force, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Tuesday June 14, 2022. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP) A soldier carries a child from a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England, by Border Force, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Tuesday June 14, 2022. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP) A soldier carries a child from a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England, by Border Force, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Tuesday June 14, 2022. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP) Protesters gather at the perimeter of Boscombe Down air force base in Amesbury, England on Tuesday June 14, 2022, where an aircraft is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. Britain has cancelled its first deportation flight to Rwanda after a last-minute intervention by the European Court of Human Rights, which decided there was “a real risk of irreversible harm’’ to the asylum seekers involved. (Andrew Matthews/PA Wire/PA via AP) FILE - A placard left outside the High Court where the ruling on Rwanda deportation flights is taking place, in London Monday, June 13, 2022. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says the first deportation flight to Rwanda will take off in the evening, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, regardless of how many people are on board, as immigration attorneys launch case-by-case appeals on behalf of the migrants scheduled for removal. The comments comes a day after two British courts refused to block the deportation flights, rejecting last-ditch appeals filed by immigration rights advocates and labor unions. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) FILE - Elizabeth Truss, Britain's Foreign Secretary leaves a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Truss says the first deportation flight to Rwanda will take off in the evening, Tuesday, June 14, regardless of how many people are on board, as immigration attorneys launch case-by-case appeals on behalf of the migrants scheduled for removal. The comments comes a day after two British courts refused to block the deportation flights, rejecting last-ditch appeals filed by immigration rights advocates and labor unions. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) A bedroom is seen inside the Hope Hostel, which is one of the locations expected to house some of the asylum-seekers due to be sent from Britain to Rwanda, in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Friday, June 10, 2022. As Britain plans to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda amid outcries and legal challenges, some who came there from Libya under earlier arrangements with the United Nations say the new arrivals can expect a difficult time ahead. (AP Photo) Men who were evacuated from Libya to Rwanda attend muslim prayers in the Gashora transit center for refugees and asylum-seekers, in the Bugesera district of Rwanda Friday, June 10, 2022. As Britain plans to send its first group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda amid outcries and legal challenges, some who came there from Libya under earlier arrangements with the United Nations say the new arrivals can expect a difficult time ahead. (AP Photo)