An Albanian bandit who sneaked back to the UK after being deported has won the right to remain following a successful legal challenge under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The 32-year-old took legal action against deportation under Article 8 ECHR (right to family life) after having a child and marrying his Lithuanian girlfriend who lives in the UK.
Ardit Binaj was originally sentenced to two and a half years in prison for robbery, but was released and deported after six months under a prisoner transfer agreement with Albania.
He entered the UK illegally in a truck in 2014 and was arrested on charges the following year.
Binaj was jailed in 2016 for trespassing and spent 30 months behind bars before being released six months early and sent home before preparing for his return and subsequent court challenge. Ta.
The incident was revealed in court documents that were viewed. reported by telegraphcalls for the UK to leave or reform the ECHR will be revived.
Robert Jenrick, a former immigration minister and Conservative leadership candidate, said Mr Binage's case was another example of how the ECHR had hindered Britain's border security.
“Amending Article 8 is a fantasy. The only way to end this travesty is to withdraw from the treaty completely and guarantee our own rights.”
The exercise of Article 8 rights has been the subject of criticism for more than a decade for barring deportations to Italy, such as those of Leaco Cindamo, who murdered school principal Philip Lawrence.
