It was not an infringement of the human rights of a family to deport a husband who had no permission to reside in the UK, even though the deportee’s wife had a child by an earlier relationship who could not be separated from her former husband. Difficult choices needed to be made between the need to protect family life and the need for society to have immigration control. If a fundamental right such as the right to family life was involved, the court should expect of decision makers that they took those duties seriously, but even so, should defer to the considered policies made by a democratically elected parliament.
Citations:
Times 20-Feb-2001
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Immigration, Human Rights, Family
Updated: 08 May 2022; Ref: scu.88636
