ECtHR challenges the UK-Rwanda Partnership Agreement concerning the relocation of illegal migrants.

On the 14th June 2022, the European Court of Human Rights has issued an urgent interim measure concerning the imminent removal to Rwanda of unsuccessful asylum applicants in the UK. Within the memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Rwanda and the United Kingdom concerning an asylum partnership agreement, an Iraqi national turned to the ECtHR which, according to rule 39 of the Rules of the Court , can issue interim measures in case of real risk of irreversible harm.