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Asylum seekers and charities win legal challenge
UK says deportation policy will stop Channel crossings
PM Sunak under pressure to deal with small boat arrivals
PM says government will appeal to Supreme Court
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government would appeal to the UK's top court after its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was deemed unlawful, a major blow to his pledge to stop asylum seekers arriving in small boats.
Under an initial 140 million pound ($177 million) deal struck last year, Britain planned to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers who arrive on its shores a distance of more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) to the East African country.
