‘They’ll try more dangerous ways’: Son of asylum seeker on failed Rwanda flight says policy won’t stop others

Charities are seeking to appeal a High Court ruling that said the Rwanda policy is lawful

The son of an asylum seeker who was on the government’s failed Rwanda flight last summer has said the policy will not stop people from crossing the Channel.

Ali*, whose father was due to be deported on the first flight and was one of the claimants in the December legal challenge, said that the government was not interested in understanding why people like his father made the perilous journey across the Channel.

“This law is not reasonable,” he said. “It can’t stop people from crossing the Channel, but they will try more dangerous ways which will be worse.”