Next government may face claims for compensation from Rwanda flight detainees

Legal actions seek payouts for asylum seekers locked up for weeks without immediate plan for deportation

The next government could have to make costly payouts to dozens of asylum seekers detained for deportation to Rwanda, even if the Rwanda deal falls apart after the general election.

Legal actions are being lodged by asylum seekers who say the Home Office locked them up unlawfully before the threatened first flight to the east African country. Home Office sources indicated they did not accept these claims.