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Law: in brief (5)

01 March 1994

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Spain: deporting foreign prisoners: the Spanish authorities have announced that all foreign prisoners serving up to six years in jail are to be deported in an attempt to reduce prison overcrowding. Government figures put the number of foreigners held in prison as 6,563 out of a total population of 45,000. Included in this figure are 1,380 prisoners from other EU countries some 900 of whom could be transferred to their country of origin to serve out their sentences. The order for the expulsions has been carried out under the 1985 immigration laws and would affect those waiting trial as well as serving prisoners. A Ministry of Interior spokesman said that it was intended to deter those entering the country illegally from committing petty crimes in order to prolong their stay.

European, 11.3.94.

Illegal immigrants to be prosecuted: the Attorney-General, Sir Nicholas Lyell, has announced that in future the Crown Prosecution Office will not recommend deporting illegal immigrants charged with serious offences but will prosecute them

Police Review 11.3.94.

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