Deportation - Secret Materials And Criminal Acts
Refugees Can Lose Status Through Criminal Activity
[2007] EWCA Civ 808
CA
Weekly Law Reports Summary
30 July 2007
When considering whether an applicant was at risk of torture or ill-treatment contrary to art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms if deported to his home state on the ground of national security the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”) was entitled to have regard to closed as well as open material in scrutinising the case under the statutory scheme. A person who had been recognised as a refugee could lose his status under art 1F(c) of the Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees if he were guilty of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations after recognition.