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The Irish Sun
a day ago
- The Irish Sun
Vile people smuggler who trafficked 9 adults & 2 kids argues getting deported would be ‘too disruptive for his children'
A PEOPLE smuggler who trafficked nine adults and two children has argued that being deported would be too disruptive for his kids. Miklovan Bazegurore's lawyers tried to argue that being extradited to Belgium would breach his right to family life. 1 Miklovan Bazegurore was locked up in 2018 Credit: NCA They claimed that his daughter, 10, who has special educational needs, would suffer if he was jailed in a different country. The Kosovan national was locked up in 2018 after pleading guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration. He had links to a lorry that was caught by the National Crime Agency in Milton Keynes in 2016 having nine Albanian adults and two children hidden next to a concrete mixer inside. Since his release in 2023, he has been fighting extradition to Belgium, where he was handed a separate conviction for people smuggling and sentenced to five years. Read more His lawyer tried to argue that extraditing him would 'be extremely disruptive for the children', according to But The Court of Appeal his offences as part of an 'international smuggling ring" were so bad that extradition outweighed the impact on his kid. Bazegurore is expected to be deported in the next few weeks. It comes after a sick Palestinian gran won permission to come to Britain for medical treatment — despite fears it could undermine immigration controls. Most read in The Sun The 67-year-old has a daughter, 50, living in Britain. She argued successfully at an immigration tribunal last month they had a right to family life under a European Human Rights rule. But in court documents seen by The Sun on Sunday, the Home Office warned it could also lead to a 'proliferation' of similar applications. The woman, who suffers from spinal stenosis, is financially supported by her daughter. She lives in war-torn Gaza City and was deemed vulnerable by the tribunal as she suffers from PTSD and depression. The treatment is expected to cost about £20,000 at a private hospital in Windsor, Berks, and the woman will return to Gaza after it is completed. Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa. 'Right to family life' deportation loophole to FINALLY be closed in long-awaited crackdown By Harry Cole and Jack Elsom A LONG-awaited crackdown on dodgy 'family life' loopholes in deportation cases will take a huge step forward. Judges will be ordered to ignore bogus claims featuring laughable excuses which left-wing lawyers have been able to repeatedly exploit. An Albanian criminal was recently allowed to stay under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights partly because his son A senior Government source promised: 'The bonkers predicament that Britain finds herself in where a migrant can dodge deportation thanks to our own lawyers weaponising Article 8 because they 'The European Convention on Human Rights has taken the mickey for far too long and we will change the law to give primacy to our sovereign Parliament.' Under Article 8 of the ECHR, people are able to claim their right to a family or private life, which is often weaponised by left-wing lawyers fighting for asylum seekers and foreign criminals to stay in the country. The Government will instead propose a law change to give British courts primacy over ECHR rulings — but the move will require Commons legislation.
Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Scottish Sun
Vile people smuggler who trafficked 9 adults & 2 kids argues getting deported would be ‘too disruptive for his children'
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A PEOPLE smuggler who trafficked nine adults and two children has argued that being deported would be too disruptive for his kids. Miklovan Bazegurore's lawyers tried to argue that being extradited to Belgium would breach his right to family life. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 1 Miklovan Bazegurore was locked up in 2018 Credit: NCA They claimed that his daughter, 10, who has special educational needs, would suffer if he was jailed in a different country. The Kosovan national was locked up in 2018 after pleading guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration. He had links to a lorry that was caught by the National Crime Agency in Milton Keynes in 2016 having nine Albanian adults and two children hidden next to a concrete mixer inside. Since his release in 2023, he has been fighting extradition to Belgium, where he was handed a separate conviction for people smuggling and sentenced to five years. Read more RULING FEARS Palestinian gran wins right to come to UK for medical treatment sparking fears His lawyer tried to argue that extraditing him would 'be extremely disruptive for the children', according to The Times. But The Court of Appeal his offences as part of an 'international smuggling ring" were so bad that extradition outweighed the impact on his kid. Bazegurore is expected to be deported in the next few weeks. It comes after a sick Palestinian gran won permission to come to Britain for medical treatment — despite fears it could undermine immigration controls. The 67-year-old has a daughter, 50, living in Britain. She argued successfully at an immigration tribunal last month they had a right to family life under a European Human Rights rule. But in court documents seen by The Sun on Sunday, the Home Office warned it could also lead to a 'proliferation' of similar applications. The woman, who suffers from spinal stenosis, is financially supported by her daughter. She lives in war-torn Gaza City and was deemed vulnerable by the tribunal as she suffers from PTSD and depression. The treatment is expected to cost about £20,000 at a private hospital in Windsor, Berks, and the woman will return to Gaza after it is completed. Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa.
Scottish Sun
5 days ago
- Health
- Scottish Sun
Sick Palestinian gran wins permission to come to Britain for medical treatment sparking immigration controls fears
Home Office warns it could lead to a 'proliferation' of similar applications RULING FEARS Sick Palestinian gran wins permission to come to Britain for medical treatment sparking immigration controls fears A SICK Palestinian gran has won permission to come to Britain for medical treatment — despite fears it could undermine immigration controls. The 67-yar-old has a daughter, 50, living in Britain. 1 Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa She argued successfully at an immigration tribunal last month they had a right to family life under a European Human Rights rule. But in court documents seen by The Sun on Sunday, the Home Office warned it could also lead to a 'proliferation' of similar applications. The woman, who suffers from spinal stenosis, is financially supported by her daughter. She lives in war-torn Gaza City and was deemed vulnerable by the tribunal as she suffers from PTSD and depression. The treatment is expected to cost about £20,000 at a private hospital in Windsor, Berks, and the woman will return to Gaza after it is completed. Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa. POLICE yesterday held 42 people at a Central London protest against Palestine Action being designated a proscribed terror group.
The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- Health
- The Irish Sun
Sick Palestinian gran wins permission to come to Britain for medical treatment sparking immigration controls fears
A SICK Palestinian gran has won permission to come to Britain for medical treatment — despite fears it could undermine immigration controls. The 67-yar-old has a daughter, 50, living in Britain. 1 Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa She argued successfully at an immigration tribunal last month they had a right to family life under a European Human Rights rule. But in court documents seen by The Sun on Sunday, the Home Office warned it could also lead to a 'proliferation' of similar applications. The woman, who suffers from spinal stenosis, is financially supported by her daughter. She lives in war-torn Gaza City and was deemed vulnerable by the tribunal as she suffers from PTSD and depression. The treatment is expected to cost about £20,000 at a private hospital in Windsor, Berks, and the woman will return to Gaza after it is completed. Upper Tribunal Judge Rebecca Owens allowed her appeal for a visitor visa. POLICE yesterday held 42 people at a Central London protest against Palestine Action being designated a proscribed terror group. Jihadi bride injured in Syria may be allowed to return to UK after judges side with her
Euronews
26-02-2025
- Politics
- Euronews
Child protection or censorship? The legal battle between the Court of Justice of the EU and Hungary
The legal text restricts minors' access to books, films and cultural products that "promote or portray the deviation of identity with respect to the sex at birth, gender reassignment or homosexuality." It also limits sex education in schools, and only government-approved instructors can teach the subject. The Hungarian executive states that it seeks to protect children from pedophilia and 'amoral content.' Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has repeatedly said that 'only parents can decide about the sexual education of their children.' Two years after its approval, books with LGBTQ references were removed from bookstores or can only be displayed wrapped in plastic. The European Commission launched an infringement procedure in 2022. 16 EU countries and the European Parliament helped bring the case to the Court of Justice of the EU. Critics claim that the law adds to the homo and transphobic legal fabric built by Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz Party after more than a decade in power. Previous laws adopted in 2020 had banned same-sex couples from adopting children and eliminated legal recognition of transgender people. The Hungarian LGBTQ community says they feel singled out and openly talk about the fear the law causes them. The sculptor Gideon Horváth lives and works in Budapest. He mainly uses ceramics and beeswax to evoke the ambivalent duality of human nature, in a plastic exploration of queer identities. One of his works was a victim of the controversial law, he says. It was exhibited for the first time in an open-air cultural space. But when it was later exhibited in a national museum, the official catalog and description removed all mention of its queer artistic significance. 'I had no choice but to accept this censorship because otherwise they would not have allowed me to exhibit,' explains the artist. 'And you have to choose your battles wisely. Censorship works in such a way that it is almost never a high authority that comes and says that you can't do that. It is mainly cultural workers and artists who self-censor.' Four government offices, the ruling Fidesz party and a pro-government civil association rejected our interview requests. In its legal fight against the law, the European Commission cited violations of Article 2 of the Treaty of the Union and its principles on values of human dignity, fundamental rights, protection, equality and solidarity. This approach is a clear sign of the significance of the case and its final ruling, says Eszter Polgári, an expert in European Human Rights jurisprudence. 'The law violates our right to freedom of expression. It is also a kind of violation of freedom of association. Probably the most important (violation) from a human perspective is the right of children to have access to objective, scientifically proven and correct information. Because now they are deprived of the possibility of receiving information in an organized environment, for example, in schools. And they will depend on the Internet, which is not the most reliable source of information when it comes to sexuality and sexual orientation and gender identity,' explains the lawyer. The European Commission has recommended that EU funds for Hungary remain frozen due to violations of rule of law principles. The final ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union is not expected for months.
