The asylum system is completely broken
Telegraph Editorial:
The Ezedi case is part of a worrying trend. The courts are increasingly overturning Home Office decisions to deny asylum.
Individual cases can often tell a story far better than a welter of statistics. The way Abdul Ezedi, who attacked a woman and her children in Clapham, south London, was granted asylum in this country encapsulates everything that is wrong with the system.
The Afghan national had twice been refused asylum by the Home Office and had even been convicted of sex offences. Not only was he allowed to stay when he should have been deported but he was given a third opportunity to apply for asylum. This time he was successful after a judge was persuaded that he had converted to Christianity and would be in danger if he returned home.
We only know this because this newspaper and other media organisations insisted on seeing details of the ruling. Only after applications were made did the First Tier Tribunal, which handles immigration and asylum applications, give out the paperwork.
This raises further questions over judicial secrecy in this country following the disclosure by The Telegraph that a record number of cases – mainly motoring and TV licence offences – are being prosecuted behind closed doors under the Single Justice Procedure (SJP). The old adage that “justice must be seen to be done” once underpinned the legal system, yet finding out what goes on in some courts is increasingly difficult.
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