Government powers to deny re-entry and human rights

Table of contents

• How does withholding citizens’ passports fall within the government’s anti-terrorism policy?
• Would this hinder or prevent prosecution of British nationals who have committed crimes abroad?
• What human rights questions does this raise?
• Could the Home Office strip UK citizens of their nationality even if they have no other nationality?
• Are there likely to be any unintended consequences of such measures?
• In the case of being rendered stateless (and even in the case of a temporary ban), where would these people be ‘returned’ to?
• Does the UK have a duty to prosecute its citizens for crimes they commit abroad?

Article summary

Crime analysis: What’s next for suspected terrorists seeking to enter, or re-enter, the UK? Christopher Honnery and Daniel Machover of Hickman & Rose comment that what is especially troubling about recent proposals is that they have been framed as an alternative to prosecution.