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Telegraph
04-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Deporting criminal would ‘hurt his son's mental health'
A convicted Pakistani criminal can stay in the UK after a judge ruled his deportation would damage his son's mental health. The father of two was jailed for more than two years for holding false identity documents after living in Britain for 18 years, an asylum tribunal was told. The Home Office decided to deport him, yet he has successfully appealed under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), arguing that his son would not be able to get the same mental support in his home country. The court was told his 14-year-old son's mental health had deteriorated during his father's time in prison and would only get worse should be deported. The case, disclosed in court papers, is the latest example uncovered by The Telegraph where illegal migrants or convicted foreign criminals have been able to remain in the UK or halt their removal. Ministers are proposing to raise the threshold to make it harder for judges to grant the right to remain based on article 8 of the ECHR, which protects the right to a family life, and article 3, which protects against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The 56-year-old Pakistani national, who entered the UK in 2007 as a visitor, is married and has two children, aged 14 and 10. His wife suffers from depression and is undergoing therapy for chronic low mood, high anxiety levels and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. In February 2020, he was convicted of possession of false identity documents and sentenced to 28 months in prison. The Home Office decided to deport him but he launched legal action claiming the move would be 'unduly harsh' on his family. The lower tier tribunal judge accepted the claim by the man, known only as AA, saying he was genuinely remorseful and had a low risk of reoffending. The Home Office appealed the ruling. However, the upper tribunal was told by a psychologist that his eldest child was vulnerable and would be 'significantly affected' by his father's deportation. It was likely to worsen his 'extremely elevated levels of anxiety, depression and stress'. 'Should the child be forced to leave the UK with his family, the detrimental impact on his mental health would likely be profound,' the psychologist told the tribunal. 'He has a lack of family support in Pakistan, speaks limited Urdu and there are difficulties he would face adjusting to a different educational and cultural environment and the absence of his established support network leading to increased feelings of isolation, which could trigger self-harming behaviours.' Children's interests 'primary consideration' Another psychologist added: 'While I am not familiar with the conditions in Pakistan for children, as a UK-based psychiatrist, I would anticipate his mental health would deteriorate if removed from the UK and required to live in a country where he does not want to reside.' The Home Office argued that it would be 'extraordinary to imagine there being a scenario in a deportation case where a child would not feel disappointed by the prospect of his family departing the United Kingdom'. However, Judge Sarah Pinder, sitting on the upper tribunal, ruled in the criminal's favour. 'I must have regard to the children's best interests as a primary consideration,' she said. 'I am satisfied that [AA] has demonstrated, through the submission of medical, expert and country background evidence, that the health and needs of his eldest son in particular will be exacerbated upon any return to Pakistan. 'Expecting the eldest child to accompany the appellant to Pakistan would have a profoundly detrimental impact on his mental health. 'With the eldest child's needs, I do not consider that a move to Pakistan for him would just be merely uncomfortable, inconvenient, undesirable or just difficult. Rather, I am satisfied that, for him, such a move would be unjustifiably severe and would meet the threshold of 'unduly harsh'.'
Times of Oman
01-06-2025
- General
- Times of Oman
Woman arrestedn in Oman for human trafficking
Muscat:The Royal Oman Police (ROP) has announced the arrest of a woman accused of human trafficking along with eight others for committing immoral acts. "Police Command in the Governorate of Muscat arrested a Chinese woman accused of human trafficking, along with eight Thai women for committing immoral acts and violating public ethics. Legal procedures are being completed," a statement from the ROP said. In another incident, Coast Guard Police Command, in cooperation with the Directorate General for Combatting Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, apprehended a Pakistani national in the Wilayat of Quriyat with more than ninety kilograms of crystal meth, marijuana, hashish, and large quantities of psychotropic pills with the intention of trading it. Legal procedures are being completed against him.
Times of Oman
31-05-2025
- General
- Times of Oman
Two arrested in Oman on drug-related charges
Muscat: Anti-Narcotics Authorities of Royal Oman Police managed to arrest two individuals in drug-related cases in Sultanate of Oman. ROP said: 'In a coordinated effort to combat drug trafficking, the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Department, led by the South Al Batinah Police Command, has successfully arrested a Pakistani national in the Wilayat of Barka.' 'The suspect was apprehended following a meticulous tracking operation and was found in possession of a quantity of marijuana intended for sale and personal use,' ROP added. Meanwhile, the Anti-Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Department, under the Dhofar Police Command, arrested an Omani citizen for drug possession. Authorities are continuing legal actions in response to the case. These operations reaffirm Oman's commitment to cracking down on illegal drug activities and ensuring public safety through rigorous enforcement measures.
Scroll.in
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Scroll.in
Two men arrested for pasting Pakistan flag in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas
The West Bengal Police has arrested two members of a Hindutva group named Sanatani Ekta Manch after they allegedly pasted the flag of Pakistan on the wall of a washroom beside Akaipur railway station. The two men were arrested on charges of attempting to instigate communal violence in the Gopalnagar area of the North 24 Parganas district. 'Yesterday night, a Pakistani National flag was found to be pasted on the walls of a washroom beside Akaipur railway station under Gopalnagar PS [police station],' the police wrote in a social media post. It added: 'Investigation revealed that this was wilfully done by 1. Chandan Malakar (30) and 2. Progyajit Mondal (45), both local residents.' The police said that Malakar and Mondal confessed to the act. The two men had also planned to write 'Hindustan murdabad and Pakistan zindabad', or death to India and long-live Pakistan, on the wall to 'create communal disturbance', it added. 'We shall spare no efforts to bring to book those who are hatching such conspiracies to trigger communal unrest,' the police stated. This comes against the backdrop of incidents of violence and intimidation against Muslims being reported from several states in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. Twenty-six persons were killed and 17 were injured in the attack near Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22. The attack took place in the Baisaran area of Anantnag district. Militants fired at tourists, most of whom were from outside the state. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those who died were Hindu. Following the attack, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on April 24 claimed that two Kashmiri men living in Baruipur, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, had installed a 'NanoBeam 2AC compact and high-performance wireless network bridge' on the roof of their home. Police in Baruipur denied the claim and stated that both men are engineers from Madhya Pradesh and the device installed on their roof is for an internet connection.
