UK ready to discuss Nawaz extradition but no deportation
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December 16, 2020
LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s advisor on accountability Shahzad Akbar pointing out that the UK government is subject to international law in the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif who is currently residing in London and who the Pakistani government wants sent back from London.
The Home Secretary, according to a trusted source, has confirmed that the British government would give Pakistan’s extradition request full attention under the provision of UK law if a formal request were received. At the same time, Ms Patel has stressed that the UK is subject to international law and cannot go against the established legal principles.
UK ready to discuss Nawaz’s extradition but no deportation
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December 16, 2020
LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser on accountability Shahzad Akbar pointing out that the UK government is subject to international law in the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently residing in London and who the Pakistani government wants sent back from London.
The Home Secretary, according to a trusted source, has confirmed that the British government would give Pakistan’s extradition request full attention under the provision of UK law if a formal request were received. At the same time, Ms Patel has stressed that the UK is subject to international law and cannot go against the established legal principles.
UK ready to discuss Nawaz Sharif’s extradition but no deportation
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Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
LONDON: British Home Secretary Priti Patel has written to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s adviser on accountability Shahzad Akbar pointing out that the UK government is subject to international law in the case of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is currently residing in London and who the Pakistani government wants sent back from London.
The Home Secretary, according to a trusted source, has confirmed that the British government would give Pakistan’s extradition request full attention under the provision of UK law if a formal request were received. At the same time, Ms Patel has stressed that the UK is subject to international law and cannot go against the established legal principles.
MP contacts Home Secretary regarding Bangladeshi chef’s appeal to stay in UK
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MP Paul Bristow is taking Bangladeshi chef Saiful Islam s case to the House of Commons after receiving a negative response from the UK Home Office. Saiful Islam is facing deportation after his application for extension was refused by the Court of Appeal on October 8, 2020. On November 3, Paul Bristow MP met with Kevin Foster, Minister for Future Borders and Immigration, about Saiful s case. On November 18, the Home Office informed the MP, that they would not change their decision. Paul Bristow MP has informed Saiful that he will raise his issue to be debated at the House of Commons. In the meantime, Paul Bristow MP has written directly, dated December 8, to the British Home Secretary Priti Patel asking her to intervene in this case as errors were made by the Home Office.
Johnson and Macron governments step up collaboration in persecution of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers
The British and French governments are at loggerheads over Brexit and as yet cannot reach agreement on commerce, trade, imports and exports. But they can find ample mutual purpose to persecute and trample on the democratic rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
Rather than offer shelter to those fleeing the impact of decades of Western military aggression, the two governments have joined forces for the most odious and reactionary campaign to scapegoat them in the public eye.
A Border Force vessel brings a group of people thought to be migrants into the port city of Dover, England, from small boats, Saturday Aug. 8, 2020. The British government says it will strengthen border measures as calm summer weather has prompted a record number of people to attempt the risky sea crossing in small vessels, from northern France to England. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)