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Britain
UK Court Rules Afghani Hijackers Cannot be Deported
2004-07-14
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 Office’s 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

#4  They got 7/11's in the UK? I see 9 potential employees.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-07-14 9:25:44 AM  

#3  I don't understand why we stilll have large numbers of Iraqis in the UK either, Tony. At the very least the more recent arrivals should be returned to help build a brighter future for their mother country. Methinks our benefits system is way too generous.
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-07-14 5:58:01 AM  

#2  Good question. If they failed the asylum test, are they still hijackers? Or just failed asylum seekers?
WTF was it that they were fleeing that they felt they had to threaten to: "kill passengers and crew" to gain asylum?
The threat of death by Taliban upon return to Afghanistan can be seen as a result of fleeing the Taliban, or simply fleeing.
Welcome to the bizarr-o world that is the Beeb--causation is simply suspended; all is as it is, forever henceafter.
"They're here, now we have to deal with them."
"How did they get here, and why?"
"Oh, that's largely irrelevant."
Posted by: therien   2004-07-14 2:44:21 AM  

#1  Oh, f-in great. Some turbans nick a plane, fly it to Stansted (a dumb move if ever there was one), get wined and dined for three years at my expense and then get leave to stay because of that PoS Human f-in Rights law!

Not happy about this. Not f-in happy at all! (can you tell?)
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2004-07-14 2:25:49 AM  

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