Deporting - Italy v U.K.

Look Ma! No Brains!

KorkyKat wrote

Now where did we go wrong?

BBC wrote

A senior High Court judge has refused a government request to reconsider a tribunal's decision to prevent a murderer being deported to Italy.
Learco Chindamo, the murderer of London head teacher Philip Lawrence, could be released from prison next year.

An immigration tribunal had ruled that Chindamo, jailed in 1996, could not be deported when he is freed.

The government wanted to challenge the ruling but the judge refused to allow the case to be reconsidered.
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The Home Office has said it has no more legal avenues to follow in the Learco Chindamo case but is "extremely disappointed" with the High Court's judgement.

A spokesman said: "We appealed to the High Court because we believe that all foreign nationals who commit a serious crime should be deported from the UK.

"This judgement will not stop us pursuing deportation against all foreign nationals who commit a serious crime."

Wednesday's ruling will come as a blow to immigration minister Liam Byrne, who says the government wants foreign nationals who commit serious crimes to be "automatically deported".