{"id":605533,"date":"2022-04-14T16:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2022\/apr\/14\/boris-johnson-takes-pre-emptive-shot-at-lawyers-over-rwanda-scheme"},"modified":"2022-04-14T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:43:51","slug":"boris-johnson-takes-pre-emptive-shot-at-lawyers-over-rwanda-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/04\/14\/boris-johnson-takes-pre-emptive-shot-at-lawyers-over-rwanda-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson takes pre-emptive shot at lawyers over Rwanda scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
Analysis: plan to send unauthorised migrants overseas is likely to be very difficult to defend in courts<\/p>
Detailing plans to send unauthorised migrants to Rwanda<\/a>, Boris Johnson managed to blame \u201cpolitically motivated lawyers\u201d for forcing the government to draw up such a drastic policy, and also for any future failure to implement it.<\/p> By blaming them for Britain being seen as \u201ca soft touch for illegal migration\u201d, continuing a government narrative against \u201clefty lawyers\u201d<\/a>, many in the profession believe the prime minister is putting a fig leaf over a policy that is likely to be extremely difficult to defend in the courts and may end up at the European court of human rights.<\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n