The first flight due to take refugees to Rwanda on Tuesday may actually be cancelled due to a cluster of individual legal challenges that the government are facing.

Home Office lawyers are currently fighting two legal battles from campaigners and charities. Officials within the home office have admitted that the plane could be cancelled because of challenges being made by the lawyers working on behalf of the refugees.

Two refugee charities, Detention Action and Care4Calais and the PCS union which represents Border Force staff were granted an appeal on Friday against the rejection of their injunction on Monday. The charity Asylum Aid will also start a fresh attempt to stop the flight in the High Court today, Monday 13th June."I think it could be cancelled", said a government source. "This is due to individual cases rather than a blanket challenge.

"Many lawyers have been said to have lodged legal appeals over the weekend and pledged to continue the legal appeals on Monday and Tuesday. They are doing so under the Human Rights Act or modern slavery legislation.The flight has been organised to be flown by a Spanish airline on behalf of the Home Office. The airline have been granted permission to fly to the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Tuesday at 9:30pm from Stansted airport.

Care4Calais charity reported on Monday that only 10 refugees were due to be on the first flight out of the UK which has since been confirmed by the Home Office.

The court of appeal will be ruling on whether all flights should be cancelled  until a judicial review on the Rwanda asylum policy is heard.

The home secretary Priti Patel has stood strong in her stance that that the offshoring policy will help manage the growing number of people crossing the Channel to find sanctuary in the UK.

 It is  has been highlighted that over three detainees that are being threatened with removal to Rwanda are possibly children rather than adults.