Indian woman wins right to return to son in UK

November 25, 2015 19:41

In a blow to the British government, a court here has upheld the rights appeal of an Indian woman who was deported for fixing sham marriages and allowed her to return to the UK to re-unite with her 9-year-old son.

The 46-year-old mother, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had been jailed for two years after she entered the UK on a fake passport in 2005 and then deported. Last year, an immigration judge upheld her appeal to return to be with her son, who lives with his British father, but that order was challenged by UK Home Secretary Theresa May.

Yesterday, appeal judges dismissed May's contention in a written ruling on the case. Lord Justice Underhill, who headed the appeal panel, said May should not fear that the decision would open the floodgates to similar appeals, saying each case would "turn on its own facts".

According to reports, the woman first arrived in the UK in 2002 on a "visitor visa" and became involved in a conspiracy to "facilitate bogus marriages".

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