Campaigners say Asylum Seeker’s Legal Victory Against Home Office is ‘beacon of hope’
The court of appeal has found a
27-year-old woman from Uganda, known only as PN, was unlawfully removed from
the UK
CAMPAIGNERS
HAVE described a 27-year-old lesbian asylum seeker’s legal victory against the
Home Office as a “beacon of hope” after the court of appeal found that the
woman, known only as PN, was unlawfully deported from the UK.
PN, who came to the UK from Uganda as a child, was detained in Yarl’s Wood
immigration removal centre before being deported in December 2013 under the
fast-track system.
Her removal was subsequently
ruled unlawful and the high court ordered the Home Office to bring PN back to
the UK.
After bringing PN back to the
UK last year, the Home Office sought to have the high court ruling overturned
but on Monday the court of appeal ru...
