Reforming heritage laws ‘not a priority’ amid calls to return Elgin Marbles – The Independent

Posted October 14th, 2022 in artistic works, government departments, Greece, monuments, news, restitution by tracey

‘Calls to make it easier for UK museums to consider returning cultural objects have been rebuffed by the Government.’

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The Independent, 13th October 2022

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MPs introduce Bill to return ‘Elgin Marbles’ to Greece 200 years after the UK decided to buy them – The Independent

Posted July 11th, 2016 in artistic works, bills, Greece, news by sally

‘A cross-party group of MPs has launched a fresh bid to return the so-called Elgin Marbles to Greece on the 200th anniversary of the British Government’s decision to buy them — a move that campaigners said could help the UK secure a better deal during the Brexit talks with the EU.’

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The Independent, 10th July 2016

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Home Office agrees to fund search for Ben Needham – The Guardian

Posted January 7th, 2015 in child abduction, children, Greece, missing persons, news by tracey

‘The Home Office has agreed to fund a team of British detectives to help search for toddler Ben Needham who went missing in Greece more than 20 years ago.’

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The Guardian, 6th January 2015

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Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted May 8th, 2009 in asylum, Greece, human rights, law reports by sally

Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 23; [2009] WLR (D) 148

The irrebuttable presumption, laid down in paras 2 and 3 of Pt 1 of Sch 3 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004, that a foreign national who entered the United Kingdom via Greece could be returned to Greece because Greece was a place from which he would not be sent to another state to face inhuman and degrading treatment contrary to art 3 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, was not in itself incompatible with the Convention provided there was no evidence to show that on his return to Greece he was actually at risk of being removed to another country in breach of his art 3 rights.”

WLR Daily, 8th May 2009

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Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted May 7th, 2009 in asylum, Greece, human rights, law reports by sally

Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

House of Lords

“As there was no evidence that Greece was a place from which a foreign asylum seeker would be deported to his own country to face inhuman and degrading treatment, there was nothing incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights in a statutory provision which deemed that Greece was a safe country to which he could be returned from the United Kingdom.”

The Times, 7th May 2009

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