Deportation - Detention Of Rapist Until Carrier Found
Refugee Rapist can Be Detained In Public Interest
R(A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
CA
Weekly Law Reports Summary
30 July 2007
The Secretary of State had not acted unlawfully in continuing to detain pending removal a failed asylum seeker who, having served a sentence of imprisonment for rape, was considered to be a risk to the public and highly likely to abscond. The period of detention was not unreasonable in the circumstances and where the detainee had refused to return voluntarily and no means were available for his enforced return.