UK security minister Dan Jarvis stresses ‘extensive powers’ of UK courts to serve as gatekeepers
Britain has reassured Hongkongers settled in the country that they will not be handed over for “politically motivated purposes” under its plan to reinstate case-by-case extradition cooperation with the city, stressing the court can play its gatekeeping role.
UK security minister Dan Jarvis made his remarks in a reply to David Alton, the chair of the joint committee on human rights in the House of Lords, who posted the letter on social media on Thursday, amid fears that the plan would send Hong Kong activists seeking refuge in the country to the city.
“This government will never allow a situation where Hongkongers or any other nationality is extradited for politically motivated purposes,” Jarvis wrote.
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