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Terror suspect deported from UK Terror suspect deported from UK
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A suspected international terrorist has been deported from the UK to France on national security grounds, the Home Office has said. An alleged international terrorist has been deported from the UK to France, the Home Office has said.
The 33-year-old man, with dual French-Algerian nationality, has been identified only by the initials MK. He was deported from Britain on Thursday.The 33-year-old man, with dual French-Algerian nationality, has been identified only by the initials MK. He was deported from Britain on Thursday.
Previously, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission had been told he had links to the Abu Doha terror group. The Special Immigration Appeals Commission had heard that he was linked to Al Qaeda through an Algerian group.
The Algerian group is said to be connected to al Qaeda. His British lawyer has questioned the removal amid reports that the man faces no charges in France.
A Home Office spokesperson said MK was the third person to be deported from the UK on national security grounds.A Home Office spokesperson said MK was the third person to be deported from the UK on national security grounds.
"Our priority is to protect public safety and national security. Where a foreign national living in the UK poses a threat to this country, we will seek to remove them," he added. "Our priority is to protect public safety and national security. Where a foreign national living in the UK poses a threat to this country, we will seek to remove them," added the spokesman.
'Terror links' Alleged terrorist links
MK was originally detained in September 2004. MK was originally detained in September 2004. Born in Algeria in 1973, he had moved to France where he was naturalised before arriving in the UK in 1992.
He then lost in an appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac), but was granted bail. Although the Home Office told him in 1995 that he may not be a legal resident, he remained in the UK.
In court hearings, Siac was told that MK has a British "common-law wife" who has a daughter. The man was alleged to have been a member of Abu Doha, an Algerian terrorist organisation. He had alleged taken part in military training in Afghanistan and terrorist related activity both there and in Pakistan.
According to the court, the couple had undergone a form of Islamic marriage. The security services also alleged that he had helped to supply financial support to extremists involved in a plot in the UK, another to bomb Los Angeles airport and a third to target a Christmas market in Strasbourg. He maintained a close relationship with a dozen or more Islamist extremists, according to the Home Office. MK had denied being a terrorist.
MK was born in Algeria but moved to France, obtaining French nationality, before arriving in the UK in 1992. MK lost an appeal against his detention before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac), but was later granted bail after the court heard he had a British "common-law wife" who has a daughter.
In August 1995 the Home Office told MK they did not believe him to be a legal resident in the UK, but he remained. Future unclear
The Home Office has alleged that MK has sustained a close relationship with 12 or more Islamic extremists involved in supporting terrorism since 1999. But according to reports from the Associated Press news agency, quoting judicial sources, the deported man was not charged with any terrorism-related offences on arrival in Paris and is unknown to investigators. It remains unclear whether MK has been allowed to go free.
Apart from alleging him to be a member of Abu Doha, he is also said to have undergone military training in Afghanistan and travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan for terrorist purposes. Nicola Rogers, the deported man's barrister at the Siac hearings, said there were unanswered questions about how the case had been handled.
He is also said to have helped supply financial support to those involved in one plot in the UK and the plots to bomb Los Angeles airport and the Strasbourg Christmas market. "This really calls into question how confident the Home Office actually was with its evidence that they relied upon in closed session," said Ms Rogers.
"If they really believed him to be an international terrorism suspect then surely there would have been an agreement with the French authorities over his future handling."
A spokesman for the Home Office declined to comment on arrangements regarding MK's handover to French authorities or his future monitoring - but emphasised that security services always closely co-operated over deportations.
MK had been deported because of the risk he had posed to the UK, said the spokesman. He remained on a terrorism watch list and would be identified if he attempted to re-enter the UK.
"We do not talk about what happens to someone when they have been deported. It's now for the French authorities to decide what happens to him."