UK government's 1st flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda grounded

The first plane set to take off late Tuesday from the UK carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda in a controversial scheme will not take place, according to local reports.

The reported cancellation came after a last-minute intervention from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the cases of a number of asylum seekers scheduled to be on the flight.

The plane, which has been waiting on the tarmac at a military airbase in Boscombe Down in Amesbury most of the day, will now not go to Kigali tonight.

A Home Office official is quoted to have confirmed the cancellation according to Sky News.