http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/12/26/the_obsession_with_foreign_prisoners_returns Politics, tech and media issues from a Muslim perspective Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/2007/12/26/the_obsession_with_foreign_prisoners_returns#comment-2081 jimmyinkent Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:28:12 +0000 http://www.blogistan.co.uk/ijwp/mt.php/2007/12/26/the_obsession_with_foreign_prisoners_returns#comment-2081 The courts will not currently permit the deportation of individuals to countries where they may be at risk of torture. On the face of it this is a laudable and humane position to adapt. However, the result of this is that individuals from such countries can, if they obtain entry to the UK, escape the criminal justice systems of their own countries. I am sure that for every individual fleeing political persecution they are plenty of very unpleasant people who will never be held to account for their crimes in their native lands and who are now free to restart their criminal careers here. The courts will not currently permit the deportation of individuals to countries where they may be at risk of torture. On the face of it this is a laudable and humane position to adapt. However, the result of this is that individuals from such countries can, if they obtain entry to the UK, escape the criminal justice systems of their own countries. I am sure that for every individual fleeing political persecution they are plenty of very unpleasant people who will never be held to account for their crimes in their native lands and who are now free to restart their criminal careers here.

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