Britain faces having to accept migrants who arrive on two military bases in Cyprus after an Appeal Court ruling yesterday.
Three judges ruled that the Refugee Convention applied to the two sovereign base areas on the island in a setback for Amber Rudd, the home secretary. The decision could lead to a new route for migrants to get to Britain.
Ms Rudd was ordered to reconsider “rapidly” whether boat people living on the Dhekelia base in Cyprus can come to the UK. Six families — originally from Iraq, Sudan, Ethiopia and Syria — were among 75 people rescued in October 1998 from a Lebanese fishing boat bound for Italy that was abandoned by its crew after the engine failed. The families have mostly lived on