Category: deportation

UK judges make it harder to deport criminals, minister warns – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 13th, 2011 in deportation, families, human rights, immigration, news by tracey

“Damian Green, the immigration minister, said he was ‘frustrated’ that domestic courts were taking a tougher line on Europe’s human rights laws than the European Court itself. The row centres on the growing instances when convicted criminals have successfully used the right to family life to avoid deportation. It emerged that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allows for a removal unless there is an ‘insurmountable obstacle’ preventing the family from leaving too.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011

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Amnesty presents damning report on security firms’ treatment of deportees – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2011 in deportation, news, security companies by tracey

“Detainees claim they have been strangled, beaten and dropped down aircraft steps while being deported by private security firms, according to a damning report that calls for a ‘complete and radical overhaul’ of the government’s removals process.”

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The Guardian, 7th July 2011

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Human rights law to be reviewed – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 4th, 2011 in deportation, families, human rights, news by sally

“The Home Office is to review a central plank of human rights law in an admission that it is causing serious damage to Britain’s border controls.”

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Daily Telegraph, 2nd July 2011

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Britain cannot deport dangerous immigrant criminals say EU judges – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 28th, 2011 in asylum, deportation, human rights, news by sally

“Undesirable or dangerous immigrants who may face ill-treatment at home cannot be deported, no matter how bad their crimes in Britain, human rights judges have ruled.”

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Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2011

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IR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; GT (Libya) v Same; AN (Pakistan) v Same; AK (Pakistan) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted June 24th, 2011 in appeals, deportation, human rights, immigration, law reports by sally

IR (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; GT (Libya) v Same; AN (Pakistan) v Same; AK (Pakistan) v Same [2011] EWCA Civ 704; [2011] WLR (D) 206

“In national security deportation and exclusion cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission foreign nationals were entitled to the standard of procedural fairness contained in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003, neither more nor less.”

WLR Daily, 21st June 2011

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Asylum seeker faces deportation despite police investigation into rape – The Guardian

Posted June 22nd, 2011 in asylum, deportation, news, rape, victims by sally

“A failed asylum seeker was due to be deported to Nigeria despite an ongoing police investigation into allegations that she was raped in Britain.”

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The Guardian, 21st June 2011

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Ministers ready to block foreign criminals using family rights to dodge justice – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 20th, 2011 in deportation, human rights, news, parental rights by sally

“A number of senior ministers are ready to back calls for changes in the law which could prevent foreign criminals from claiming the right to a family life to avoid being deported, it can be revealed.”

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Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2011

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Regina (Kambadzi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [On appeal from Regina (SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] – WLR Daily

Posted May 26th, 2011 in deportation, detention, immigration, law reports, Supreme Court by sally

Regina (Kambadzi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [On appeal from Regina (SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] [2011] UKSC 23; [2011] WLR (D) 175

“In addition to complying with the statutory requirements for detaining a foreign national who was awaiting deportation from the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State was also required to comply with the published Home Office policy relating to the detention of such persons. A failure to conduct regular reviews as required by the published policy rendered the continued detention of a foreign national unlawful so as entitle him to damages for false imprisonment.”

WLR Daily, 25th May 2011

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£25 million cost of ‘bribing’ foreign criminals to go home – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 23rd, 2011 in deportation, news by sally

“Half of foreign prisoners kicked out of the country are now ‘bribed’ to go home costing the taxpayer millions of pounds, The Telegraph can disclose.”

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Daily Telegraph, 23rd May 2011

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Judges block Home Secretary from deporting convicted terrorist – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 23rd, 2011 in deportation, news, terrorism by sally

“A convicted terrorist banned from Britain for being a risk to national security has been stopped from being deported by the courts.”

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Daily Telegraph, 21st May 2011

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Gay asylum claims not being counted despite pledge, admit ministers – The Guardian

Posted May 3rd, 2011 in asylum, deportation, homosexuality, news, statistics by sally

“Ministers have admitted they are failing to collect data on the number of people who claim or are refused asylum on the basis of their sexuality, despite a government promise not to deport lesbians and gay men at risk of persecution.”

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The Guardian, 1st May 2011

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British courts regain power to deport terrorist suspects – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 28th, 2011 in asylum, deportation, human rights, immigration, news, terrorism by sally

“British courts yesterday won back the power to deport terrorist suspects, criminals and failed asylum seekers after European judges were told to stop interfering.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th April 2011

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Court of Appeal rejects ‘hit-and-run’ deportation bid – BBC News

Posted April 11th, 2011 in appeals, asylum, deportation, human rights, news by sally

“A government bid to deport a failed asylum seeker who killed a 12-year-old girl in a hit-and-run in Lancashire has been rejected by the Court of Appeal.”

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BBC News, 8th April 2011

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Home Office urged to halt deportation of Ghanaian sex trafficking victim – The Guardian

Posted April 1st, 2011 in deportation, news, prostitution, trafficking in human beings by sally

“A charity is calling on the Home Office to halt the forced deportation of a trafficked Ghanian woman who was forced into prostitution and who is HIV positive.”

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The Guardian, 1st April 2011

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Daniyal Shahzad to be deported to Pakistan after lies – BBC News

Posted March 31st, 2011 in deceit, deportation, immigration, news by sally

“A teenager will be deported to his home country of Pakistan after lying about his past in a bid for UK residency.”

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BBC News, 30th March 2011

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Regina (Lumba (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Same v Same (No 2); Regina (Mighty (Jamaica)) v Same; [On appeal from Regina (WL (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] – WLR Daily

Posted March 25th, 2011 in damages, deportation, detention, false imprisonment, law reports by sally

Regina (Lumba (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Same v Same (No 2); Regina (Mighty (Jamaica)) v Same; [On appeal from Regina (WL (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] [2011] UKSC 12;;  [2011] WLR (D)  100

 “The unlawful exercise by the Secretary of State of the power to detain foreign national prisoners gave rise to a private law action for the tort of false imprisonment without the need for proof of damage on the part of the prisoners, even though it could be demonstrated that they could and would still have been detained if the power had been lawfully exercised. However, in those circumstances the prisoners had suffered no loss or damage and were entitled to no more than nominal damages.”

WLR Daily, 23rd March 2011

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Foreign prisoners win £1 over UK false imprisonment – BBC News

Posted March 23rd, 2011 in damages, deportation, false imprisonment, news by sally

“The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Home Office unlawfully imprisoned two foreign national prisoners in a ‘serious abuse of power’.”

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BBC News, 23rd March 2011

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Regina (Abdi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Khalaf) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted March 11th, 2011 in appeals, deportation, detention, law reports by sally
“In deciding whether a foreign national facing deportation had been detained for too long it was right to consider what had happened since the start of the detention and to consider all the relevant factors in the context of the time so far spent in detention and to ask in all the circumstances whether this was a reasonable time for effecting the statutory purpose.”
WLR Daily, 10th March 2011
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Guardian Focus podcast: The indefinite detention of foreign prisoners – The Guardian

Posted February 26th, 2011 in deportation, detention, human rights, immigration, podcasts by sally

“Hundreds of foreign prisoners are held indefinitely after they have served their criminal sentences. Harriet Grant investigates.”

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The Guardian, 25th February 2011

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Torture victim fights decision to deport her back to Sudan – The Independent

Posted February 14th, 2011 in asylum, deportation, news, torture by sally

“A Darfuri torture victim is today set to be deported back to Sudan, where she believes she could be killed, due to what her supporters claim is a ‘bureaucratic blunder’ by the Home Office.”

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The Independent, 14th February 2011

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