Crunch moment for Sunak as supreme court decides on legality of Rwanda policy

If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights

• What will the supreme court’s Rwanda judgment mean for UK immigration policy?

Rishi Sunak’s flagship immigration policy faces a crunch moment on Wednesday, when the supreme court will decide whether it is lawful to remove people seeking asylum to Rwanda.

Five justices of the supreme court will issue a decision on the government’s plan to deport 10 asylum seekers, the central plank of the Conservative party’s immigration policies under the governments of Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Sunak.