“More than 30 Iraqi asylum-seekers deported to Baghdad by the Home Office have been refused entry to their own country and flown back to Britain.”
The Independent, 17th October 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A pledge to deport foreign criminals has been denounced as ‘a sham’ by the Tories, after they learned three convicted murderers remained in the UK.”
BBC News, 6th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A convicted sex attacker who assaulted two women after he should have been deported has been jailed.”
BBC News, 27th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Foreign criminals awaiting deportation have been handed some £500,000 in compensation since April last year, it has been revealed.”
The Independent, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
(HR) (Portugal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“Time spent in jail in the United Kingdom by a national of the European Economic Area was not counted when calculating whether he had live in the country continuously for at least ten years before the decision to deport him.”
Times Law Reports, 15th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
HR (Portugal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 371; [2009] WLR(D) 144
“The time during which an European Economic Area national was serving a sentence of imprisonment in the United Kingdom was not to be included when calculating whether he had resided for a continuous period of at least ten years prior to a decision to deport him.”
WLR Daily, 6th May 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Human rights legislation that prevents ministers from deporting foreign criminals is to be overhauled under new government plans.”
The Times, 3rd May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Most of the Pakistani men arrested last week in an anti-terrorist operation will be deported rather than charged, senior counter-terrorism sources told The Times last night.”
The Times, 13th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A judge has criticised the Government’s record of deporting illegal immigrants, saying he often sees people he has recommended for removal walking around his town centre months later.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Foreign criminals who commit crimes and receive prison sentences of 12 months or more are to be removed from the country, under new Home Office rules.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
AF (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 240; [2009] WLR (D) 112
“In considering whether it was consistent with the right to respect for family life to require the wife and children of a man whose deportation had been ordered to accompany him in deportation the court should look at the issue from the point of view of the wife and children and not just of the potential deportee. It was not enough that there were no insuperable obstacles to their moving because the ultimate test was one of proportionality.”
WLR Daily, 26th March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Regina (BA)(Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“The right of appeal against the refusal by the Home Office to revoke a deportation order was exercisable from within the United Kingdom.”
The Times, 23rd March 2009
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.
“A right of appeal against the Home Office’s refusal to revoke a deportation order was exercisable from within the United Kingdom.”
WLR Daily, 3rd March 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A gay asylum-seeker who was unlawfully deported last year and now lives in fear of persecution must be found and returned to Britain, a High Court judge has ruled.”
The Independent, 20th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Appeals from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) were restricted to matters of law or irrationality. SIAC was entitled to have regard to closed material and to assurances given by their governments in concluding that appellants would not, if deported, face a real risk of inhuman treatment contrary to art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or violation of the right to a fair trial under art 6.”
WLR Daily, 18th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
RB (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; U (Algeria) v Same
House of Lords
“Appeals from decisions of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission were restricted to questions of law or irrationality.”
The Times, 19th February 2009
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.
“Radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported, despite fears he could face torture, a court ruled today. ”
The Times, 18th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The implications of the tougher-sounding rhetoric of the immigration minister, Phil Woolas, started to become clear yesterday when he disclosed he is to block appeals to high court judges from failed asylum seekers facing deportation.”
The Guardian, 21st November 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Human rights laws have prevented Britain deporting 19 terror suspects in the last three years, the Home Secretary was forced to admit.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Two Algerians who are facing deportation despite fears that they may face ill-treatment or torture if returned lodged an appeal in the House of Lords today.”
The Times, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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