Britannist

The Home Office has allegedly been trying to deport an Italian man but the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is being quoted as the reason why they can't remove the man from the UK.

The ECHR is, of course not part of the EU.

I thought that the UK Government could not deport EU nationals anyway regardless of what the ECHR says.

Brief extract from the article on the link below:

(Quote) He has an Italian passport. His lawyers argued that since his native country was part of the European Union, he could be deported only if he represented a "genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the fundamental interests of society”. The Home Office, which has five days to lodge an appeal, is considering its position tonight. (End of quote)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...-mostviewedbox

NoMoreEUSSR

Prior to implementation of Citizenship Directive 04/38 there were limited possibilities. Many other EU states made use of these of from time to time, but it seems the UK being more communautaire and what have you seemed pretty much to have a policy of not deporting EU/EEA nationals anyway. Actually this makes logical sense really according to the law because if one really does pose such a fundamental and serious threat to society, what on earth would they be doing out of prison/death row in the first instance? (A question based on theoretical logic, not necessarily the practical realities of how many legal systems work, nor an opinion for or against the Citizenship Directive in the context of a country already bound by the Evil Union.)

tito

It has very little to do with the Human Rights act, and nearly everything to do with the EU
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/200...ot-dun-it.html

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kernow

Think of the money about to be wasted on this piece of **** and the money already wasted on him! If they'd hung him in the first place, there now wouldn't be a problem!

Britannist

"Decision turned on his higher protection as the citizen of an EU state" - the title of a report in the Times today:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle2303135.ece

kernow

Jack Straw: failure to deport Chindamo was result of EU law – not the Human Rights Act

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has admitted that it is EU law – rather than the Human Rights Act – which has prevented the Government from deporting Philip Lawrence’s killer – Learco Chindamo. Straw said that the Human Rights Act was a "subsidiary" factor in the tribunal's decision and doubted whether it made "any difference at all".

g hall

My only question Why is this nasty piece of work being freed -
HE IS A MURDERER

FFS has the world gone mad lock the little git up until he dies

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Alex McKee

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for making that point G Hall. I was beginning to think I was the only one.

The media are determined to focus on the "human rights" aspect, the BNP and other vile racists are determined to use his ethnic background to focus on the immigration issue but everyone seems happy to ignore the fact that the man is a killer and should be locked up for life.