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by yamaha » Wed Nov 25, 2009 12:04 pm
I see what you mean about concerns that people might try to cross the border illegally,but this guy was on his way back to London,the GNIB confirmed that there was notihng untoward and he still got locked up.
UKBA May Be dearly beloved Afterall
11 October 2009 No Comment
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The government is being sued by a Congolese university lecturer wrongfully arrested during a holiday visit to the UK and then transferred and detained in five centres within a fortnight, spanning England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Jean-Pierre Djimbonge, 51, was held as he left a flight to Northern Ireland. He believes he was victim of an unfair trawl of such flights by immigration officers focusing their attention on non-whites.
The lecturer in hydraulics and thermo-dynamics had the appropriate travel documents and was released only last week, when he was finally able to engage lawyers to make representations on his behalf.
Told of the case, Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs select committee, said officials may need to review their procedures for communicating with detainees. “It seems ludicrous to transport someone in detention to three different immigration centres only for him to be released without charge,â€
