LONDON (AP) — A Belfast judge ruled that the United Kingdom's law to deport asylum-seekers should not apply in Northern Ireland due to violations of human rights protections. High Court Justice Michael Humphreys stated that the Illegal Migration Act is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights and undermines rights outlined in the Good Friday peace agreement of 1998.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the government plans to appeal the judgment. The law is a key component of Sunak's controversial strategy to deport migrants to Rwanda, but the impact of the ruling on this initiative remains uncertain.
