The number of asylum seekers due to be removed from the UK on the first deportation flight to Rwanda has fallen close to single figures.
The court of appeal is set to decide later if the Home Office flight can depart as scheduled on Tuesday.
Migrants and campaigners last week, failed to win an injunction against the government policy in High court.
But the planned number of deportations has rapidly decreased, with 11 due to fly according to the charity Care4Calais.
Out of the 37 original flights scheduled to depart, most of the flights have been met with human rights and modern slavery claims.
On Friday, it appeared that six people had their deportation orders cancelled, while Care4Calais has confirmed a further 20 planned removals were called off over the weekend.
This leaves 11 people still set to fly to East Africa on Tuesday, including four Iranians, two Iraqis, two Albanians and one Syrian person, the charity said.
As of Friday 130 people had been notified that they could be removed.
The UK says sending asylum seekers who arrive illegally in the UK to Rwanda were deter arrivals and therefore undermine smuggling gangs.
The appeal to the Home Office's policy has been bought by Public and Commercial services Union, who represent 80% of Border Force staff, along with the charities Care4Calais and Detention Action.
Opening the appeal for the claimants, Raza Husain QC told the Court of Appeal it was not until Friday afternoon they learned of the full extent of the UN refugee agency's serious concern about Rwanda's asylum system.
That was despite Home Secretary, Priti Patel being fully aware of the concerns since April, he said.
Instead, the Home Office had earlier presented the UNHCR as assisting or supporting the Rwanda policy- a position he told the court was "misleading" .
As a result, the High Court had got the law wrong when it had concluded there was no compelling reason to stop the flight from leaving, Mr Husain added.
Lawyers for the government are due to speak at the hearing later on Monday.
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