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Y (Sri Lanka) v SSHD (2009) EWCA Civ 362

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The appellants, who had been tortured as suspected terrorists or terrorist sympathisers before travelling from Sri Lanka to the UK, successfully resisted deportation on Article 3 grounds by claiming that they would commit suicide if returned (even though there was no objective foundation for any fear of ill-treatment).

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House of Lords refused permission to appeal on 16/7/09