British court uses British Human Rights Act to interpret British Nationality Act to allow British Home Sec to grant British citizenship to Windrush victims.
Opposed by Home Sec - who didn’t even want the *power* to make them citizens.+
Opposed by Home Sec - who didn’t even want the *power* to make them citizens.+
https://twitter.com/mckinneytweets/status/1471454297045061643
Home Office illegally refused them re-entry to UK, because they had been legally resident here so long Home Office didn’t realise they were legally resident. +
Then Home Office said it couldn’t naturalise them as British citizens because of the law saying they must have been resident on the day 5 years before the citizenship application. +
They asked the Home Office to interpret that law in a way that respects their human rights, and allowed them to become citizens. Home Office said it couldn’t be interpreted that way. +
Judges said the Claimants had an arguable case. Home Office still refused to accept they had the power. Now Mr Justice Bourne has said Home Office has the power.//
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