§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the rule 39 order made by the European Court of Human Rights to suspend removals from the Netherlands to Somalia pending determination of a challenge to such removals in application 15243/04; and if he will review his decision to commence removals of failed asylum seekers to Somalia. [179910]
§ Mr. BrowneThe interim order made by the European Court of Human Rights to the Dutch Government under rule 39 applied only to the applicant in that specific case. The interim order means that the applicant cannot be removed to Somalia before the European Court of Human Rights has given a decision on the applicant's case.
As with applications from all nationalities, each asylum (and human rights) claim made by someone from Somalia is considered by the Home Office on its individual merits, in accordance with our obligations under the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Individual asylum seekers found by both the Home Office and the Independent Appellate Authority, not to be at risk of persecution and not in need of humanitarian protection are considered for removal on a case-by-case basis. The Home Office will not return vulnerable groups and will only enforce the return of those Somalis it is satisfied are not in need of protection.
§ Mr. GerrardTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports he has received regarding the fate of Maxamed Yahye Ahmed following his removal to Mogadishu by the Danish authorities. [179912]
§ Mr. BrowneThe Danish Immigration Service has informed us that Maxamed Yalye Ahmed was returned voluntarily to Yemen by the Danish authorities. It is not known whether he subsequently chose to travel to Somalia.