You can be a foreign terrorist who trys to blow up London, you still can't be deported

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An Islamist terrorist who plotted to blow up the London Stock Exchange was allowed to stay in Britain despite having his asylum claim turned down.

Shah Rahman was jailed in 2012 - alongside three other extremists inspired by Al-Qaeda - over the plot.

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Just five years later, he was released onto Britain's streets, but was later recalled to prison in 2022 for breaches of his license.

However, a fresh immigration case involving his wife has uncovered that the terrorist had been allowed to remain in the country despite having his asylum claim turned down.

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The judgement in the Mauritian national's case revealed that Rahman had lodged an unsuccessful asylum claim - shortly after his release from prison.
His application was rejected under Article 51 of the Refugee Convention, which can deny refugee status for those convicted of “war crimes, crimes against humanity, terrorist acts or other serious criminal offences”.

However, despite the claim being turned down, he was allowed to stay in Britain after a judge ruled that deporting the convicted terrorist would be a breach of his human rights.

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The judgement read: “He was granted restricted leave to remain in the United Kingdom on the basis that he could not be removed to Bangladesh without breach of his rights under Article 3 of the Human Rights Convention.”

This article guarantees the absolute right to be free from torture, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.

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