UK defends Zimbabwean expulsions – BBC News
“The UK government has defended its decision to resume the deportation of failed asylum-seekers to Zimbabwe.”
BBC News, 17th March 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: deportation
Now Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain faces deportation – The Independent
“An Iranian lesbian who fled to Britain after her girlfriend was arrested and sentenced to death faces being forcibly returned after losing the latest round in her battle to be granted asylum.”
The Independent, 7th March 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Bribe’ for foreign prisoners to return home triples to £3,000 – The Times
“A ‘bribe’ to persuade foreign prisoners to leave Britain has been more than tripled to £3,000 per offender by the Government as part of its drive to tackle prison overcrowding.”
The Times, 5th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
European judges thwart attempts to deport foreign terrorist suspects – The Times
“Britain’s efforts to deport terrorist suspects including the radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada were dealt a serious blow by the European Court of Human Rights yesterday.”
The Times, 29th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Regina (SK) (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Queen’s Bench Division
“A failed asylum-seeker awaiting deportation whose detention had not been properly reviewed had been deprived of safeguards prescribed by law and was entitled to damages for false imprisonment. His detention had been arbitrary and unlawful and contrary to the right to liberty enshrined in article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 26th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Judge: Britain has lost control of its borders – Daily Telegraph
“A judge yesterday bemoaned Britain’s loss of border controls ‘for the first time since 1066’ and the deportation centres set up to cope with the result.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Foreign prisoners face early deportation – Daily Telegraph
“The Government is to combat prison overcrowding by deporting foreign prisoners earlier than scheduled.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Deported nationals “bounced back” – BBC News
“More than 100 foreign nationals deported to their home countries have been returned immediately to the the UK, in the past five years.”
BBC News, 20th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
British lawyer deported from Fiji – BBC News
“A lawyer who was visiting Fiji to assess its legal system has been refused entry by the country’s military-led interim government.”
BBC News, 17th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Widower fights deportation order – BBC News
“A Filipino man whose wife was killed when she was wrongly injected with anasethetic in her arm is appealing against his deportation.”
BBC News, 8th February 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Bishop urges Smith to halt deportation – The Independent
“The Bishop of London has written to the Home Secretary urging her to halt the deportation of a Nigerian teenager who has won universal praise for his unique and outstanding contribution to British society.”
The Independent, 8th February 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Asylum children face deportation – BBC News
“Unaccompanied child asylum seekers who are denied the right to stay in the UK are to be deported before they reach 18, the government has announced.”
BBC News, 31st Janaury 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lawrence widow shocked at Asbo sentence – Daily Telegraph
“The widow of the murdered headmaster Philip Lawrence has attacked Britain’s ‘Kafka-esque’ deportation laws after a petty criminal was forcibly sent back to the Philippines while her husband’s killer is allowed to stay in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge frees three Algerians from detention limbo – The Guardian
“Three Algerians who have been detained for up to 18 months while waiting for deportation – even though they want to return home – were yesterday granted bail by a high court judge.”
The Guardian, 22nd January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Immigration chief defends deportation of cancer patient – The Guardian
“The head of Britain’s immigration agency last night defended the decision to deport a Ghanaian cancer patient from her Cardiff hospital bed by insisting that there were hundreds of such cases each year.”
The Guardian, 16th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Deportation for island ‘Asbo’ man – BBC News
“A man who spent most of his life living on Anglesey is being deported to the Philippines for breaching an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo).”
BBC News, 7th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Foreign criminals “won’t be deported” – Daily Telegraph
“Thousands of foreign drug dealers, sex offenders and burglars will be allowed to stay in Britain every year despite Gordon Brown’s pledge to deport them.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st December 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge rebukes Home Office over Iraqi boy seeking asylum – The Guardian
“A 15-year-old Iraqi asylum seeker deported to Austria is to be returned to the UK after a high court judge condemned the Home Office’s ‘total lack of humanitarianism’ in the case. He arrived unaccompanied in Britain a year ago, and was said by his carer to have been terrified when Border and Immigration Agency officials arrived without warning at his home in south-west London at 4am to arrest him last month.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Asylum-seekers from Congo face deportation – The Independent
“Thousands of failed asylum-seekers face forced removal to the volatile Democratic Republic of Congo, where they say they face rape, torture and even death, after a landmark immigration ruling.”
The Independent, 20th December 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Deportation battle for footballer who fled death threats from secret society – The Guardian
“Bangura, 19, escaped trafficking, witchcraft and threats to mutilate him in his home country of Sierra Leone to play professional football in the richest league in the world. Today, that dark past will come back to haunt him as his fight against a Home Office deportation order reaches its final stage.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
