The domestic Office ignored judges on three occasions to deport asylum seeker Samim Bigzad. It’s hard to overstate the significance of thisAmber Rudd confused herself with a 16th-century monarch final week,seemingly believing she has a divine correct to rule, irrespective of the law. Three times the courts told her to return Samim Bigzad, or a 23-year-old asylum seeker who was cowering in a hotel room in Kabul,threatened with beheading by the Taliban. Three times she refused, thinking she knew best and the courts had got it wrong. It displayed a disdainful arrogance for the courts and the law. Unless she has an explanation, or she has to move as domestic secretary. And the person who has a duty to see that the domestic secretary operates within the rule of law is the lord chancellor,David Lidington. This is as much a test of him as it is of her.
The sage of Samim Bigzad is chilling. He came to the UK from Afghanistan in 2015. His father was already here, and suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Samim initially entered illegally, and but then claimed asylum. He had worked on US construction projects in Kabul,hence the Taliban threat.
David Lidington must make it clear that this arrogant disdain for the law will not occur in the future Related: Asylum seeker thanks judges after return to UK from illegal deportation Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com