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Detained Pakistani students seek to stay in Britain
Relatives of a group of Pakistani students who were rounded up in anti-terrorism raids in England but never charged, have urged British authorities to cancel deportation proceedings and let them stay on to complete their studies.Embarrassed British authorities were rushed into making the arrests in April after a senior counter terrorism official inadvertently exposed details of the operation to a photographer. Police released all 12 suspects without any charges. British officials, however, say they wanted to deport them on national security grounds, and that the students were now being held in immigration detention. The students are fighting the deportation action in court.Nasrullah Jan Khattak, the father of one of the students, Abid Naseer, said on Monday that the students were being traumatised by their detention. He said if authorities did not have evidence enough to charge them, then they should be allowed to stay and finish their studies."It is a question of their future," Khattak told a news conference in Islamabad. Britain's Home Office has refused to say what the men were accused of or how long they would be held before they are deported.
Posted by: 2009-06-09 |
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