Refugees fight forced return to Iraq war zones
UN dismay as tribunal allows British expulsions
"The United Nations last night accused the government of holding a 'sword of Damocles' over the heads of Iraqi refugees in Britain after it emerged that the Home Office had won a landmark test case giving it the power to return refugees to war-torn parts of their home country, including Basra and Baghdad.
The ruling, which is being studied closely by other European countries, has alarmed refugee support groups, who say it means asylum seekers from war zones could be returned to other dangerous countries, such as Somalia".
It beggars belief that the Home Office can claim it is safe to return refugees to Iraq, when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website has this statement "The security situation in Iraq remains highly dangerous".
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
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