The UK government officially withdrew Priti Patel’s “refugee pushback” policy days before it was due to be examined in the High Court. The government’s legal department said on Sunday that the plan to force migrants in dinghies back to France had been abandoned. The planned policy, which came from the Home Office, encouraged the British Border Force to stop dinghies in UK waters and try to redirect them to France. The withdrawal comes after a legal challenge by a group of refugee rights organisations – PCS Union, which represents Home Office workers, Care4Calais, Channel Rescue and Freedom fro…