The claim has today been settled on terms that everyone who was placed within a cohort designated for removal to Rwanda will now have their asylum claims determined as a matter of priority. The Court’s order here will affect the position of thousands of asylum seekers. The SSHD then confirmed late at night on Thursday 18 July that all of the MEDP cohort will have the merits of their asylum claims substantively determined in the UK. The SSHD has agreed to treat the Claimants (and all others from the MEDP cohort) as having joined the UK asylum system on the date when they first claimed asylum. In those circumstances, there are measures in place which will ensure that cases in the MEDP cohort are prioritised within the asylum system.
