The ECHR decided that deporting a sex offender who had indefinite leave to remain in UK and had lived in UK for 26 years was a breach of Art 8. The deportation was an interference with the applicant’s private and family life and was not proportionate.
See Times Law Report December 15 2009
Maria Clarke
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Asylum & Immigration Law, Child & Family Law
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