Britain fails to strip Egyptian extremist of refugee status
SHARE The British government can’t strip an Egyptian extremist of refugee status despite his links to the murder of a leading anti-Taliban commander two days before the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001, a UK court ruled. Judges this week rebuffed Home Secretary Priti Patel’s efforts to cut the UK residency rights of Yasser Al Siri, who faces the death penalty in his native Egypt but has lived in Britain since claiming asylum in 1994. The removal of his refugee status would have ended Mr Al Siri’s right to an unlimited stay in the UK, where he has been labelled a threat ...
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