Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she is 'bitterly disappointed' by a High Court ruling grounding a charter flight deporting asylum seekers to Spain. Ms Patel said in a statement: 'We are bitterly disappointed with the court's ruling, which has prevented us from returning people who have no right to be here. Lawyers representing Ms Patel had argued that the flight should be allowed to leave and said Spanish authorities could be trusted to comply with their obligations to asylum seekers. Other immigrants due to be on the flight scheduled early on Thursday are thought to be in a similar position. He said the charter flight should not leave until that issue had been fully investigated at a trial.

Source: Daily Mail September 17, 2020 14:19 UTC