19.09.2012. Dozens of failed Sri Lankan asylum seekers were removed at the last minute from a controversial deportation flight today after a senior judge accepted there was a risk that they could be tortured on their return.
The government has insisted on continuing with its policy of chartered deportation flights to Sri Lanka even though the judiciary have now twice issued last minute injunctions because of concerns over torture.
The latest injunction, which was granted after a frantic scramble by lawyers in the High Court, is a major challenge to the Home Office's assurances that none of those it deports to Colombo are at risk of torture. A similar ruling was made by the High Court in May - the last time the Government tried to put on a chartered deportation flight to Sri Lanka.
