A plane expected to take the first asylum seekers to Rwanda has been seen at an airfield. The Boeing 767 was spotted at at MoD Boscombe Down on the outskirts of Amesbury, Wiltshire.
The aircraft is owned by Spanish airline Privilege Style and flew from Dusseldorf to the military base. The company has a permit to fly from Stansted to the Rwandan capital, Kigali, at 9.30pm tonight, according to Civil Aviation Authority records.
Just seven people are due to be on board the flight after a number were removed following legal challenges and reviews by the Home Office – of those seven, lawyers representing three are seeking an order to prevent their removal to Rwanda. Ministers are vowing the flight will go ahead - even if there is just one passenger.
