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Deportation of refugee upheld

01 November 1993

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A Sikh who was subjected to detention and severe torture in India has been ordered to be returned there on national security grounds after the Home Secretary said that he had been involved in fund-raising for terrorist activities while in the UK. Mr Chahal fled India for the UK in fear for his life. He produced documentary evidence from Amnesty International indicating that he was sought by the Indian authorities and that he was likely to be detained and subjected to further torture if returned there. He was not allowed to know the detail of the allegations against him, but the Court of Appeal held that the Home Secretary was entitled to deport him so long as he had weighed his fear of persecution against the interests of national security.

R v Secretary of State ex parte Chahal Independent 10.11.93

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