Category: deportation

AH and Others (Sudan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted November 15th, 2007 in asylum, deportation, law reports, Sudan by sally

AH and Others (Sudan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

House of Lords

“In determining whether it would be unduly harsh to expect an asylum seeker to relocate to a safe haven in another part of his country, there was no requirement that consideration of conditions in the place of habitual residence had to be the starting point of the assessment. It was for the decision-maker to determine what weight was to be given to that, and all other relevant factors, in the context of the particular facts of the case.”

The Times, 15th November 2007

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Darfuri asylum seekers can be sent to Khartoum, Lords rule – The Times

Posted November 14th, 2007 in asylum, deportation, news, Sudan by sally

“The House of Lords has ruled that Darfuri asylum seekers can be deported to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, overturning an earlier court of appeal decision.”

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The Guardian, 14th November 2007

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‘Bribe’ is doubled for foreign prisoners who agree to leave Britain – The Times

Posted November 6th, 2007 in deportation, news, prisons by sally

“The Government has almost doubled to £1,500 the ‘bribe’ offered to foreign national prisoners to persuade them to return home and ease prison overcrowding, The Times has learnt.”

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The Times, 6th November 2007

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Judge rejects deportation plea over head’s killer – The Guardian

Posted November 1st, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“Learco Chindamo, the killer of headteacher Philip Lawrence, cannot be deported to Italy when he is released from jail, a senior high court judge confirmed yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 1st November 2007

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Serial sex offender can stay in UK, judge rules – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 31st, 2007 in deportation, human rights, news, sexual offences by sally

“A serial sex offender from Sierra Leone has been allowed to stay in the UK after a judge ruled deporting him would breach his human rights.”

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Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2007

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Deportation crisis forces two jails to hold only foreign prisoners – The Guardian

Posted October 24th, 2007 in deportation, news, prisons by sally

“Two prisons are exclusively holding foreign nationals serving less than four years with the expectation that they will then face deportation, it emerged yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 24th October 2007

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Sex trafficking victims rescued by police may face deportation – The Guardian

Posted October 4th, 2007 in deportation, news, prostitution, trafficking in human beings by sally

“Some victims of sex traffickers rescued from prostitution in a new national police crackdown will face deportation, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said yesterday. Ms Smith described sex trafficking as a ‘modern-day form of slavery’ but said she could not give an across-the-board guarantee that those rescued would not face deportation as illegal migrants.”

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The Guardian, 4th October 2007

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Mother who buried child in garden to be deported to UK – The Times

Posted October 1st, 2007 in child abuse, deportation, news by sally

“A British mother who secretly buried her newborn baby in her garden in Florida may be deported to the UK.”

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The Times, 1st October 2007

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

Posted September 5th, 2007 in asylum, deportation, detention, law reports by sally

Continued detention of failed asylum-seeker is lawful

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

Court of Appeal

“The continued detention, pending deportation, of a failed asylum-seeker after the end of a term of imprisonment because the safety of the public would be at risk and there was a high risk that he would abscond, was not unlawful.”

The Times, 5th September 2007

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Regina (Madan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Kapoor) v Same – Times Law Reports

Posted August 28th, 2007 in deportation, judicial review, law reports by sally

Challenging deportation decisions quickly

Regina (Madan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Kapoor) v Same

Court of Appeal

“Applications for judicial review of deportation decisions had to be made promptly. The Court of Appeal so stated in a reserved judgment following a hearing of applications in judicial review proceedings by Harmit Singh Madan and Barat Kapoor for permission to appeal against the refusal by Mr Justice Mitting on June 26, 2007 to grant injunctions to prevent their removal to Afghanistan.”

The Times, 27th August 2007

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Judge suspends deportations to Congo – The Guardian

Posted August 23rd, 2007 in asylum, deportation, news by sally

“The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, has been ordered by a high court judge to suspend deportations of failed asylum seekers to the Democratic Republic of Congo.”

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The Guardian, 23rd August 2007

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The Big Question: What is the Human Rights Act, and why is it being vilified? – The Independent

Posted August 23rd, 2007 in deportation, human rights, special report by sally

“The case of Learco Chindamo, who was jailed 11 years ago for the murder of headteacher Philip Lawrence, has raised questions over the very existence of the Human Rights Act. The decision on Monday by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal that Chindamo cannot be deported to Italy if he is released from prison has provoked the Conservative leader David Cameron to call for the outright abolition of the Act, the first attempt by a Government to enshrine international human rights conventions into English law.”

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The Independent, 23rd August 2007

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Asylum removals down as Brown focuses on prisoners – The Guardian

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in asylum, deportation, news by sally

“The number of failed asylum seekers removed from Britain has fallen to its lowest level for five years as immigration staff step up efforts to meet the prime minister’s target of deporting 4,000 foreign prisoners by the end of the year, the Home Office admitted yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 22nd August 2007

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Secret papers disclose threat posed by killer – The Times

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“The Home Secretary believes that Philip Lawrence’s killer poses a ‘continuing risk to the public’, according to papers that the courts tried to prevent being published.”

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The Times, 22nd August 2007

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Appeal against Lawrence killer deportation ruling ‘hopeless’ – The Times

Posted August 22nd, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“The solicitor for the killer of the headmaster Philip Lawrence claimed today the Government has no chance in its appeal against a ruling that his client should be allowed to stay in the UK.”

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The Times, 21st August 2007

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Appeal over teacher killer ruling – BBC News

Posted August 21st, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“The government will challenge “robustly” the decision to allow the man who knifed head teacher Philip Lawrence to death to stay in the UK.”

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BBC News, 21st August 2007

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Lawrence killer to remain in UK – BBC News

Posted August 20th, 2007 in deportation, murder, news by sally

“The man who knifed head teacher Philip Lawrence to death has been allowed to stay in the UK after winning an appeal against deportation.”

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BBC News, 20th August 2007

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MT and Others (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted August 3rd, 2007 in deportation, law reports, refugees, torture by sally

Closed material can be used in appeals against deportation

MT and Others (Algeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Court of Appeal

“When a person appealed against an order for deportation because he feared torture or ill-treatment in his home state, in scrutinising the case, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was entitled to take into account closed as well as open material.”

The Times, 3rd August 2007

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R(A) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2007 in asylum, deportation, detention, law reports by sally

R(A) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 

“The Secretary of State had not acted unlawfully in continuing to detain pending removal a failed asylum seeker who, having served a sentence of imprisonment for rape, was considered to be a risk to the public and highly likely to abscond. The period of detention was not unreasonable in the circumstances and where the detainee had refused to return voluntarily and no means were available for his enforced return.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2007

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MT (Algeria) and others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Liberty intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 1st, 2007 in closed material, deportation, law reports, refugees, torture by sally

MT (Algeria) and others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Liberty intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 808

“When considering whether an applicant was at risk of torture or ill-treatment contrary to art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms if deported to his home state on the ground of national security the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC”’ was entitled to have regard to closed as well as open material in scrutinising the case under the statutory scheme. A person who had been recognised as a refugee could lose his status under art 1F(c) of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees if he were guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations after recognition.”

WLR Daily, 30th July 2007

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