Dear All,
There is a meeting of Claude's campaign tonight at the usual place and
time.
please call me if you don't know where and when this is.
There will doubtless be more info circulated after tonight's meeting but,
you should know now, that the courts have rejected the judicial review
submitted whilst Claude's family were in Yarles Wood removal Centre. An
appeal against this decision is under consideration but:
* if it is submitted, it is very likely to have to be done pro bono (free
of charge) by Claude's legal team, as there will not be legal aid available
to fund this level of legal action and
* It is felt by the solicitor and barrister acting for the family that
the legal process is now close to being exhausted. Whilst further legal
action will be considered, prospects for the success of such action are
poor we
are told.
It seems that the current state of caselaw is such that the UK Government
is able and willing to deport to almost certain death Claude, his wife and
children,
irrespective of the higher than 50 percent likelihood of the two children
with
sickle cell anaemia dying of their conditions. This is easily verifiable
from a
variety of sources, and is in fact confirmed by the country advice produced
by the Home Office themselves I understand.
Given that, should the family be deported, there is a very very high
likelihood of their immediate arrest and subsequent detention in
overcrowded, violent and filthy prison conditions, where they would all be
in one room with many others, that this statistical prospect of death from
a blood related infection, is greatly increased for the children. Because
of his political activity prior to fleeing the country,Claude himself and
his
wife are at high risk of being killed once they are detained.
The advice we have at present is that neither legal action on the basis of
the human rights of the three children, nor action on the basis of the
very real risk of death faced by Claude and his partner due to Claude's
previous political activity in support of the C9 campaign, has a chance of
succeeding. So, what can we do?
We have been advised that high profile campaigning, involving lobbying of
MPs, including Claude's MP Meg Munn and the Home Secretary Jackie Smith,
offers the best prospect now of preventing the deportation of the family.
We understand that the home Office knows or very soon will know that the
Judicial Review has been found against the family. We also understand
that the Home Office has already expressed the view that it wishes to
expedite
this case as quickly as possible. It is by no means certain that the
family faces imminent arrest and deportation, but it is certainly a high
possibility.
An alternative to the dawn raid-style of snatching the family used last
time, is that next time Claude reports to the police station, which he has
to do regularly and is due to do very soon, that they simply won't let him
go. Instead they might simply go and look for the rest of the family to
deport.
Please understand that this is a rapidly changing situation. The deadline
for any appeal to be submitted is next Tuesday but an arrest could occur
any time before or after that date.
Please keep in touch and watch this space. If you need to talk to me
about this, call 07956 856060. Messages won't be collected from this email
address until Sunday.
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