Migrants are claiming they are victims of modern slavery to avoid deportation from the UK as almost one in six used the argument last year Anyone trafficked into Britain or used as a slave is protected through the NRM The increase in cases is partly due to a better understanding of modern slavery Baroness revealed … Read more
An Australian landlord who sank his life savings into saving a 200-year-old British pub from closure is now facing deportation from the UK for taking a pay cut to save the failing business. Russell Young, 62, and his wife Tracie, 56, bought the Sun Inn in Failsworth, Greater Manchester in 2018 for £250,000 and paid … Read more
The home secretary has been asked to show ‘compassion and decency’ in the case of a 13-year-old orphan who fled from gangsters in a former Soviet republic and now faces deportation. Giorgi Kakava, 13, was three when he fled to Glasgow, Scotland, from Georgia with his mother Sopio Baikhadze, who died in 2018. In July … Read more
Somalian double rapist, 49, can stay in UK after winning deportation battle on human rights grounds – as judge says he will face ‘degrading’ treatment in home nation due to his mental health ‘High risk,’ Somalian double rapist and convicted robber allowed to stay in UK The 49-year-old claimed asylum in the UK in 2004 … Read more
Somalian double rapist, 49, can stay in UK after winning deportation battle on human rights grounds – as judge says he will face ‘degrading’ treatment in home nation due to his mental health ‘High risk,’ Somalian double rapist and convicted robber allowed to stay in UK The 49-year-old claimed asylum in the UK in 2004 … Read more
‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped a flight trying to deport 60 criminals to Africa have convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal Group cut through airport’s perimeter fence and locked themselves together 767 jet transporting people from UK detention centres for repatriation to Africa Were convicted in December 2018 before all 15 avoided jail in … Read more
Foreign criminals handed jail sentences as short as six months will be assessed for automatic deportation for the first time under measures being considered by Priti Patel. The Home Secretary is expected to dramatically tighten legislation on kicking out offenders. Since 2007 foreign criminals have only been considered for removal from Britain if they were … Read more
Judges’ powers to block deportations could be limited as Justice Secretary Robert Buckland announces first review of Human Rights Act in 20 years Robert Buckland said the review would look at key areas of the Human Rights Act Includes whether judges’ interpretations of old legal decisions should be limited Critics claim focusing on old cases … Read more
Windrush victim daughter warns against linking scandal to deportation of Jamaican killers and rapists Clayton Barnes was wrongly targeted by authorities in the Windrush scandal His daughter said it was wrong to conflate his case with hardened criminals Samantha Barnes-Garner said deporting criminals is the right thing to do By Emine Sinmaz and David Barrett … Read more
Champagne corks must have been popping in the offices of a number of law firms this week. The celebratory mood was epitomised perhaps by the first three words of a tweet from one law firm in the small hours of Wednesday. The three words in question were: ‘What a result.’ It was the kind of reaction … Read more