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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Peter Walker, Sophie Zeldin-O'Neill and Diane Taylor

HISTORICAL FACTS: Unions call for delay to rwanda policy until legal position fully tested - The Untold Story

A protest against the deportation flights at Brook House, near Gatwick, on Sunday.
A protest against the deportation flights at Brook House, near Gatwick, on Sunday. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

Protests have taken place before a possible first flight removing asylum seekers to Rwanda, as unions said that officials should not be asked to take part in a policy that may subsequently be declared illegal.

With the first flight in the deportation scheme scheduled to take place on Tuesday evening, activists also promised to target the Spanish charter airline understood to be providing the aircraft.

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