Rwanda flight grounded after European Court of Human Rights intervenes

Earlier, Boris Johnson suggested lawyers representing migrants were “abetting the work of criminal gangs”

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The plane due to take migrants to Rwanda will not leave the UK as scheduled after last-minute interventions by the European Court of Human Rights.

Government sources have confirmed to the PA news agency that all migrants have been removed from the plane which was set to take off on Tuesday night.