An attempt to force the government to demand that three British residents be returned from Guantánamo Bay failed today. Three appeal court judges rejected arguments that the men, who have indefinite leave to stay in Britain, should be treated as UK citizens even though they were foreign nationals.All the British citizens who were detained at Guantánamo have already been returned to the UK. Mr al-Rawi is an Iraqi national and long-term UK resident, Mr el-Banna a Jordanian national with refugee status in the UK and Mr Deghayes a Libyan national, also with refugee status in the UK.
Rabinder Singh QC, acting for the families of the men, told a hearing in July that the men's detention was unlawful. He said there was
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Announcing that the court of appeal had dismissed the three appeals, Lord Justice Laws said the refusal to request their return did not contravene human rights or race relations laws.