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Home Secretary issues statement over migrant deportation case
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood commits to contesting legal obstacles to migrant deportations amid ongoing pilot removals, following a High Court interim relief for an Eritrean man.
- Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she will contest `last-minute claims` blocking deportations and vowed to end vexatious challenges under the UK-France migrants returns deal.
- Lawyers acting for the claimant say the case concerns a trafficking claim, alleging a gunshot wound, vulnerability, and risk of destitution in France; the judge noted a serious issue regarding investigatory duties by the Secretary of State.
- The Home Office defended expecting the man to claim asylum in France, while Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said one case won't derail the UK-France migrants returns deal.
- On Tuesday the High Court granted the unnamed Eritrean man short interim relief ahead of a flight scheduled for 9am on Wednesday, and the Home Office plans to appeal.
- Pilot removals are still scheduled this week, and the judge ordered the case to return to court soon for further representations from the claimant on the trafficking decision.
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The Independent (US)Mahmood says migrants fighting deportation ‘make mockery of our laws’
·London, United Kingdom
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UK government says it will fight legal blocks preventing migrant removals
LONDON - Britain on Wednesday pledged to fight what it called \"vexatious, last minute claims\" used to block or delay the deportation of migrants, a day after a court temporarily blocked an asylum seeker who arrived on a small boat being sent to France. Read more at straitstimes.com.
·Singapore
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Home Secretary voices fury as migrant's deportation to France blocked by court
Shabana Mahmood said it was 'intolerable' that last minute legal appeals can prevent removals to France under a new agreement, and vowed to 'fight them at every step'
·London, United Kingdom
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