An asylum seeker with 14 convictions for 17 crimes cannot be
deported back to his native Algeria, or anywhere else, because no other country
will have him, a High Court Judge was told.
The 31-year-old Algerian repeat offender presents 'high risk
of harm to the public' and has committed 'numerous criminal offences' including
violent and drug crime.
Since arriving in the UK from Africa in 2003, the man has
been convicted of 17 offences over a seven-year period, but has lodged a
compensation claim against the UK Government claiming he has been unlawfully
held in a detention centre.
High Court Judge Martin McKenna saw through his story
and ruled in favour of the Home Office dismissing the claim, but had to release
him from immigration detention after deportation attempts failed.
Judge McKenna said the man, who has a history of alcoholism,
drug use and homelessness and cannot be named, had been born in a refugee camp
in southern Algeria, claimed that he was 'stateless'.
He said Home Office staff had approached authorities in
different parts of Africa - in a bid to deport - but officials abroad had
refused to provide travel documents to the man.
In his ruling, Judge McKenna said: 'The claimant entered the
United Kingdom in 2003 and claimed asylum in June 2003.
'In 2005 the claimant began to develop a mental health
disorder. He has been treated as an inpatient in hospital since that time both
on a voluntary and involuntary basis under mental health legislation.
'He has had periods when he has been drinking heavily and
periods when he has been street homeless. He has had periods when he has been
suicidal and periods when he has self-harmed. He has been prescribed medication
for his mental health condition.'
Judge McKenna added: 'The claimant is a serial offender.
Between April 7 2005 and September 10 2012 he acquired 14 convictions for 17
separate offences including attempted robbery, criminal damage, drugs and
numerous convictions for shoplifting.
'He was assessed as posing a high risk of harm to the
public.'
Judge McKenna said the man had subsequently been detained
under immigration legislation pending deportation.
The man had claimed that he had been unlawfully detained
between January and November 2015, but Home Office officials disputed his
claim and said he was a 'serial absconder' and had committed
'numerous criminal offences'.
Staff said he had been held at a time where there had been a
prospect of deportation - and they said reasonable deportation steps had been
taken.
The man, who has a history of mental health problems and was
not named in the ruling, claimed that he had been unlawfully detained and
wanted compensation from the Home Office.
Judge McKenna dismissed the compensation claim but described
the man as a 'serial offender' - listing convictions for attempted robbery,
criminal damage, drug crime and shoplifting - and said he had been assessed as
'posing a high risk of harm to the public'.
The Human Rights Act could be abolished and replaced by a British Bill of Rights in a move to end unpopular judgements allowing criminals and suspected terrorists to remain in the UK - typically on grounds such as the article 8 ‘right to a family life’ - thwarting Home Office efforts to deport them.
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