UK: Britain cannot deport dangerous immigrant criminals say EU judges
28th June 2011
Undesirable or dangerous immigrants who may face ill-treatment at home cannot be deported, no matter how bad their crimes in Britain, human rights judges have ruled.
In a test case ahead of more than 200 similar actions pending against the UK, the Strasbourg judges decreed that the UK’s duty to protect people against torture or inhuman treatment is ”absolute”.
How long before the Brits realize that joining the EU was possibly the stupidest thing the British government has done since pissing off their American colonies?
June 28th, 2011 at 13:17
Please observe a mistake in your comment: Britain joining EU was not the thing enforcing the rule of the court in Strasbourg. It was joining the European Convention on Human Rights, drafted by Council of Europe, where Britain was a founding member, and this whole thing was initiated by Winston Churchill in a speech at the University of Zurich on 19 September 1946. A good idea, taken over by over-zealous progressive lawyers who have taken it too far.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Court_of_Human_Rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe
June 28th, 2011 at 14:05
Well, it’s not a mistake in my comment, since I never asserted that it was joining the E.U. that required enforcement of stupid non-British judicial decisions. I still maintain that Britain joining the E. U. was a stupid thing (and Ireland joining the E.U was even more stupid, not to leave my own people out of this).
June 29th, 2011 at 12:10
Well, yes, it is a mistake in your comment. It should read, “How long before the Brits realize that joining the EU was possibly the stupidest thing the British government has done since joining the European Convention on Human Rights?”