Friday, August 25, 2006

UK immigration court allows deportation of terrorism suspect to Algeria / Jurist PaperChase NewsBurst, 24 Aug 2006

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Joshua Pantesco
"The UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) [official website] ruled to uphold the deportation order of an Algerian citizen known to the court as "Y," finding that Algeria has improved their human rights record so that the deportee's human rights would not be put in jeopardy, and that "Y" is a danger to national security and should be deported. The SIAC, which can take secret evidence in closed session, hears appeals of deportation orders [backgrounder] when the decision to remove someone from the UK involves national security or other sensitive information. Its latest ruling is seen as a victory for the British government, which last August unveiled a new deportation strategy [JURIST report] in the wake of the July 2005 London transit bombings [JURIST report]." [Deportation]