Asylum seeker removed by Priti Patel must be brought back to UK

High court says home secretary must bring back Sudanese man so his trafficking and torture claims can be investigated

Priti Patel must bring back to the UK a small boat asylum seeker she removed to France in the next 14 days, the high court has ruled.

In a ruling published on Tuesday, the day that Patel launched her nationality and borders bill, which she hopes will make it easier to remove asylum seekers who arrive in small boats, Mr Justice Wall ordered that the home secretary use her best endeavours" to bring back a 38-year-old Sudanese asylum seeker from Darfur who can only be identified by the initials AA.