UK ministers ignored evidence Rwanda violated human rights, court told

African country went back on list of destinations for migration partnership' after civil servants had ruled it out, judges hear

The UK's plan to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda has been challenged in the high court, with claims that ministers deliberately ignored evidence that the east African country had violated human rights, including the right to live free from torture.

Rwanda was put back on to a list of potential destinations for a migration partnership" after previously being ruled out by civil servants, the court was told.