The Church of Scotland has welcomed a court ruling which decided plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda are unlawful.

Emma Jackson, vice-convener of the Faith Action Programme Leadership Team, said: “We warmly welcome the outcome of the Court of Appeal ruling that says that the Rwanda deportation policy is unlawful.

“The Church has consistently argued that the plans were unacceptable in the way they treated individuals, removing their rights and robbed them of their humanity.

“The UK Government must now urgently rethink its Illegal Migration Bill and its whole approach to reforming the broken asylum system.”