‘People smuggler' re-enters UK despite being stripped of citizenship
An asylum seeker who was granted UK nationality but was later stripped of his citizenship over his alleged links to a prolific people-smuggling ring has managed to return to the country using his British passport.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is thought to have been on holiday in Iraq when he was served with a citizenship deprivation order by the Home Office because of his suspected involvement in 'serious organised crime'.
Yet he was somehow allowed to re-enter Britain and is now contesting his removal on human rights grounds because he has a wife and children here.
The alleged people smuggler has been granted anonymity by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac), the secretive court where he is appealing against the decision to strip him of British citizenship. He is referred to only as 'G5'.
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