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Human rights in asylum-seeker detention

Human-rights monitors and European bodies have flagged the UK’s approach as harsher than many European peers, not merely in rhetoric but in legislative design and operational practice.

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Feb 1, 2026

How have UK and Scottish courts historically treated extraterritorial seizures by foreign military forces?

and Scottish courts have approached by foreign military forces cautiously, anchoring decisions in established legal presumptions against extraterritoriality while recognising exceptions where the stat...