Asylum seekers in last-minute UK legal bid to prevent removal

Dozens who arrived on small boats due to be put on charter flights over next two days

Dozens of asylum seekers who arrived in the UK on small boats are due to be put on charter flights over the next two days, while lawyers have launched last-minute high court challenges to prevent their removal.

At least seven have mounted challenges which will be heard on Tuesday evening to try to prevent them being forcibly removed from the UK.