Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have been urged to end their "hostility" towards lawyers who defend asylum seekers in a letter signed by more than 800 legal professionals.
The letter, published in the Guardian by former and current lawyers, barristers, and UK justices of the Supreme Court, have called on the government to apologise for attacking the legal profession.
The signatories said they were "deeply concerned" at how Johnson and Patel's behaviour was "endangering" lawyers' safety and undermined the rule of law.
They called on both senior figures to act "honourably" and apologise.
No 10 has hit back saying lawyers were "not immune from criticism".
The letter follows several attempts by No 10 to undermine the work of legal professionals who choose defend migrants who arrive in the UK without a visa from deportation. The New European.
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