Saturday - December 10, 2011

the new religion of human rights rules the day

From time to time when reading comments on line from various newspapers here in the UK, there will always be someone and this is a fact writ in stone, who will say that America has become a laughing stock all over the world.  Sometimes they will say merely in the civilized world, but always the phrase, ‘laughingstock.’ It’s used anytime we make a mistake of some kind, or when something is really seriously out of order.  Or it may be the latest gun crime. 
Of course I think they’re just on the bash the USA bandwagon which is popular in every generation except for the 2nd war. And even then many point a finger of (unfair) accusation that we arrived a bit late in the show.  Others accuse us of overcharging for the second hand equipment supplied before we did get in. They say we led Britain to financial ruin by insisting we get paid for things sent.  Seems like a very Bolshie attitude to me.

So anyway … this is not about lend lease and WW2. My mind just drifted there momentarily.  No.
This is all about being a laughing stock. Which we are not but that doesn’t matter at this moment. The question is … does this story make Britain itself a laughing stock?
Could this story ever appear in an American newspaper? Would the USA be this stupid on our very worst of days?  The correct answer is no to both.  I just can not bring myself to believe we’d ever do this to ourselves.  Of course, I need to be careful in my predictions.  I wasn’t thinking of America’s 5th column on the left when I wrote that line.

Since I started writing this, I’ve had a change of heart and mind.  No. On second thought Britain isn’t a laughing stock, even with this not very funny article.

Talk about times that try.  Try getting your head around this one dear reader.

Home Office told to bring asylum family back to UK – but they may again deport them. (and pay them thousands)

A judge has ordered the Home Office to bring back a family of asylum seekers it removed nearly six years ago – even though they may then be deported a second time.

By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor

The family of five Sri Lankans were removed in 2006 but the High Court ruled they were unlawfully detained during the process and demanded they be brought back.
The court made the judgment even though it accepted it was uncertain once they had been returned and dealt with appropriately that they would be allowed to stay in the UK.

As well as the cost of returning the family, who are currently living in Germany, the Home Office was also ordered to pay £37,000 in compensation.
One critic last night said it was like something out of Alice in Wonderland.
The case echoes a ruling in 2006 when the High Court said the Home Office must return a family it had already removed because it had not fully dealt with one member’s appeal.

In the latest ruling, Mr Justice Cranston said the Sri Lankan families rights had been violated in the way they had been dealt with.
Manjit Gill QC, representing the family in court, said they were taken from their beds and flown out of the country after being denied access to legal advice.
The QC said the family, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, had their north London home raided at about 2am on January 10, 2006 by immigration and police officers.

A few hours after being detained, they were put on a 7.50am flight to Germany.  The Home Office has now accepted they were unlawfully detained and the court said they must be brought back.
The judge said the violation of the rights of the husband, his mentally-ill wife and their son and two daughters, now aged between 14 and 23, entitled them to return to the UK, if they so wished.

But he added that the issue of whether they are then allowed to stay was not a matter for the court.
The family were flown to Germany because that was the first EU country they arrived in.

Under a policy known as the Dublin Agreement, member states can require the first country of entry of an asylum seeker to deal with their claim.
It is possible that even when the family is brought back to the UK that it will still be decided Germany is the appropriate country to handle the claim for shelter, meaning the family will be sent back there.

Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migration Watch UK, said: “This is straight out of Alice in Wonderland but at enormous cost to the British taxpayer.
“This family must be detained strictly in accordance with the law and removed again to Germany which had an obligation to deal with the case.”

Lawyers for the family said today the ruling was “a tremendous relief” to the family, and they would be returning to the UK – “which is something they have been longing for for nearly six years”.

Mr Gill said their treatment was all the more outrageous because, had the correct procedures been adopted, it was inevitable that they would have been able to make an application to remain in the country on human rights grounds.

A UK Border Agency spokesman said: “We are disappointed with this decision and will be looking carefully at our next steps.
“We cannot comment on the details of the individual case for legal reasons.”

source

Posted by peiper     on 12/10/2011 at 04:57 AM   
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