UK condemns court decision to block Rwanda deportation, will not leave convention

FILE PHOTO: British Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab arrives at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, June 7, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has no plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights, but the Strasbourg court which enforces it overstepped its powers in blocking the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda, deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Thursday.

The government was thwarted in its attempt to send a handful of migrants on a charter plane more than 4,000 miles (6,4000 km) to Rwanda on Tuesday after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) stepped in to issue injunctions, cancelling the flight.