Qatada

[sir.prize]

The Home Office has asked the Court of Appeal for leave to appeal over a decision to allow Abu Qatada to stay in the UK.

How much longer is our Government going to talk to the Jordanians to resolve the deportation issues?

[Gromit]

Until 9/11, Qatada was an informant working with MI5. They gave him a safe house and immunity from prosecution. We ignore his conviction (in his absence) in Jordan when it suited us to do so. After 9/11 and under pressure from the Americans, we dropped him.

He still has not been prosecuted for any crime or convicted of anything here.

[Brenden]

He will in Jordan gromit, and the sad thing is he knows it that is why he is still fighting a deportation order.

[New Judge]

The problem with the Qatada matter (and many similar cases) stems from the time when permission to settle in the UK ceased to become a privilege and instead became a right. It started with the right of Commonwealth citizens to settle here and has greatly expanded under Human Rights legislation. Few nations outside the EU afford foreigners the almost unfettered right to settle and see residence in their countries as a privilege which has to be earned and, in many cases, can be withdrawn at any time. Whilst foreigners of dubious origin and who have no connection with this country have the “right” to remain here cases such as Qatada will always exist.

[sir.prize]

In mid-December 2012 the King of Jordan visited the UK. The press were then saying that the Qatada issue would now soon be resolved. Seems the King didn't have much sway.

How long should it take Jordan to put in writing what is needed?

[bazwillrun]

"He still has not been prosecuted for any crime or convicted of anything here."

so what ?

the judges at the last case said in their view he was "extremely dangerous"
the same idiots that also let him stay here

[sir.prize]

I th0ought it was a crime to enter the UK with fraudulent passports.

[bazwillrun]

do you think this farce would be going on if Maggie was still in charge...not a hope in hells chance.

and yes he and his family came here on illegal passports

[Zeuhl]

peddling a half truth there baz

the judges have no way of deciding whether he is dangerous or not and have not done so

What the judges said was that the court accepted that Qatada "is regarded as a very dangerous person"

So the Home Office and MI5 say he is

The judges accept that because it is irrelevant to the human rights issues they are tasked to judge