Asylum seekers in Britain lose last-ditch legal bids to be removed from Rwanda flight

The flight is understood to be leaving the UK for the east African nation on Tuesday night with seven people on board.

A Boeing 767 aircraft pictured at MoD Boscombe Down, near Salisbury, It is believed to be the plane set to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda. Picture: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

Asylum seekers due to be on the first flight to Rwanda under the British government’s controversial relocation policy have lost last-ditch legal bids to remain in the UK.

Four men who challenged their removal at the High Court in London had their cases dismissed, while a fifth man lost a bid to bring an appeal at the Supreme Court.