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At the risk of sounding like Renegade, I really don't understand the issue here. Whilst it is a bit shit that she is being deported separately from her family, I am sure her family could apply to go with her if they so wished.

Mauritius is a safe country. She came here on a student visa and only claimed asylum when that ran out. Whilst I sympathise with anyone fleeing domestic violence, I am not sure why you need to come to the UK to do it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26837257

Although Detention Centres are horrible, inhumane places. I agree on that.

It's so she can pass her Alevels, bit of a rubbish reason.

That said Lunar House is so random, who knows what's fair.

A friend of friend, turned up their after living up north and they locked him up.

Basically because it was inherently suspicious him travelling 300 miles for an appointment.

Asylum? . . fleeing abuse relative? . . utter bollocks.

Next plane please.

Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 1st April 2014, 8:45 PM BST

I could have charged my gun with the so called war ammunition (50 bullets) and kill lots of people in the nearest Kindergarten or school, American style, if Iwould have wanted to. Every young Swiss man who did the service could do so, not a nice thought.

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You could have done, but you didn't. Similarly, you could have made a basic bomb out of fertiliser or laced food with rat poison and killed them all, but you didn't. Your allegation that having a rifle in the house = potential mass murderer is a bit tenuous. Even more so when you consider you'd been through military service and been trained to handle and respect a firearm responsibly.

It does make it a lot easier.

I could bake a biscuit, or I could open a packet of digestives.

Let's put a bullet in the brain of the gun conversation before it lurches to life on the board again.

Quote: Jennie @ 1st April 2014, 9:21 PM BST

Mauritius is a safe country. She came here on a student visa and only claimed asylum when that ran out. Whilst I sympathise with anyone fleeing domestic violence, I am not sure why you need to come to the UK to do it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26837257

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Don't send her back to non-war torn Mauritius, especially considering Wikipedia says 'Mauritius is highly ranked for democracy and for economic and political freedom'.

This is yet another case where as soon as the media picks up on it, the crying sheep come out in droves. If you want to stay in Britain legally, just ring up the television news and your problems are solved.

We can't even send Mafia murderers back to Italy or terrorists back to the Middle East and now we can add school students to the list. No wonder we got rid of those Go Home Illegals advertising vans.

Why don't you start up a more interesting one then Stott.
Decisions are made by those who are in the room.

Quote: sootyj @ 1st April 2014, 9:51 PM BST

It does make it a lot easier.

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Tell that to Doctor Harold Shipman.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ 1st April 2014, 9:50 PM BST

Your allegation that having a rifle in the house = potential mass murderer is a bit tenuous.

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Shit like that happens every couple of years here, family killings with military weapons. "Pro gun at home"-people say: " It would have happened anyway, he would have killed his family with a steak knife then". Maybe, but why assist those loonies.

I don't think they'll win though. She doesn't have any grounds of appeal. The Mauritian government should be able to protect her from her relative.

The Mafia case is because the Home Office failed to appeal in time. Anyone who has ever sniffed extradition law knows you have to get your appeal lodged within seven days.

That makes me laugh. They'll get him there in the end, but in the meantime, I shall laugh at government incompetence.

If it helps, extradition cases are very hard to win if you are defending. Particularly if they are off back to a European country.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ 1st April 2014, 9:54 PM BST

Let's put a bullet in the brain of the gun conversation before it lurches to life on the board again.

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Agree.

*kills it with a crossbow*

Crossbows... <3

Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 1st April 2014, 10:01 PM BST

Shit like that happens every couple of years here, family killings with military weapons. "Pro gun at home"-people say: " It would have happened anyway, he would have killed his family with a steak knife then". Maybe, but why assist those loonies.

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By your logic, if you want to reduce the vast majority of suicides, then there should be a ban on relationships.

You are blaming a symptom and not the cause. I haven't read up on Switzerland's murder and violent crime rates, but I imagine they're much lower then non-gun UK.

Quote: zooo @ 1st April 2014, 10:05 PM BST

Crossbows... <3

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This argument will end when people stop saying childishly naïve platitudes or attribute human emotions to inanimate objects.

Quote: Renegade Carpark @ 1st April 2014, 10:07 PM BST

This argument will end when people stop saying childishly naïve platitudes or attribute human emotions to inanimate objects.

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We could just not bring it up on here and then run in the same escalating circles again and again. Maybe? Maybe.