Emily Carver has slammed the decision to grant asylum to a Nigerian woman who deliberately joined a terrorist organisation after eight failed attempts to stay in the UK.
The 49-year-old woman, who remains unnamed, secured the right to remain in Britain despite a judge acknowledging she joined the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) solely to strengthen her asylum claim.
Speaking to GB News Emily said: “Will her lawyer representing her have helped her come up with this? She’s very creative.
“She has tried and failed eight times. Now suddenly she joins a terrorist organisation in Nigeria.
Emily Carver fumed at the claim
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“The judge here accepts that, its is bogus. Because there’s a possibility she is in danger because she said she was in this group, it’s just ridiculous.”
Paul Britton, Top Criminal Defence Lawyer responded: “I mean, if a lawyer has advised to do that, that’s outrageous. That really crosses the line.
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“If she joined it of her own fruition and thought, I’ll join this terrorist group. It must have been very premeditated.
“She joins the group, distances herself from it and then says if I go back, that same group will attack me.
“In Nigeria, the group that we’re talking about that she is involved in what’s defined as guerrilla warfare with the government. So they are a seriously not pleasant group to get on the wrong side of.”
The woman first arrived in Britain in 2011 and faced her initial refusal for leave to remain in 2013.
She subsequently made multiple appeals on various grounds, including her right to family life and claims of being a trafficking victim.
The following year, she attempted to claim political asylum, which was also rejected.
In 2016, she became involved with the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a separatist group engaged in guerrilla warfare against the Nigerian state.
While Ipob has been designated as a terror group in Nigeria, it does not hold this status in the UK.
The judge granted the woman the right to remain in the UK
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The woman’s involvement with Ipob came after numerous failed attempts to secure residency through other means.
Upper Tribunal Judge Gemma Loughran acknowledged in her ruling that the woman was not genuine in her political convictions.
The judge agreed with previous findings by first-tier Judge Burnett that the woman became involved with Ipob “in order to create a claim for asylum”.
Despite recognising this dishonesty, Judge Loughran still granted the woman the right to remain in the UK.