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UK Court Rules Afghani Hijackers Cannot be Deported
From BBC
Nine Afghan men arrested after a hijacking incident at Stansted Airport have won the right to stay in the UK. They were jailed in 2001 for hijacking an Afghan Ariana Boeing 727. ... A hearing has found that though the Home Office was right to refuse asylum, the men should not have faced deportation to Afghanistan.
| Um, if they don't get asylum and they don't get deported, just exactly what do you do with them? |
A spokeswoman for the Home Office said the Immigration Appellate Authority had ruled that the men would be in danger of attack from members of the Taleban if they were deported. "It said to return them would be contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights," she said. The spokeswoman said the Home Office would be appealing against this part of the decision. ... But under the Home Officeâs own rules, failed asylum seekers from Afghanistan can only be returned if they are from the region of the capital, Kabul. Official government assessors accept that despite the fall of the Taleban, the rest of the country remains too dangerous for returns because of continued divisions and power struggles between different groups. Refugee groups continue to oppose forced returns to Kabul, which are continuing in small numbers, saying no area of the country is entirely safe. ....
Posted by: Mike Sylwester 2004-07-14 |
