Home Office misled refugees about UN involvement in Rwanda plans, court told

Letters to asylum seekers assured them UNHCR was closely involved' in deportation scheme, high court hears

The United Nations refugee agency has made a dramatic intervention to try to halt Priti Patel's plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

In a late submission of evidence, the UNHCR claimed the home secretary misled refugees over the organisation's support for the plan. The agency has also said the scheme failed to meet the required standards of legality and appropriateness" for transferring asylum seekers from one country to another.