On the same day that Liz Truss was named the UK’s next prime minister, the government is facing a court battle over its plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The five-day hearing – which kicked off this morning – is the result of a challenge by a group of asylum seekers and organisations including Care4Calais.

They argue that the Home Office wrongly concluded that Rwanda is a “safe third country” and that sending asylum seekers there puts their right to freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) at “real risk” of being breached.

A high court challenge against the government’s Rwanda policy is officially underway