Home secretary could face legal action over decision to keep 25-year-old man from Nigeria in prison
Yvette Cooper could face legal action over the decision to keep an asylum seeker with schizophrenia in prison.
The high court has ordered the home secretary to release the 25-year-old man by 8 September, and the Home Office may have to pay him damages for breaching his human rights.
The judgment, published this week within hours of Nigel Farage unveiling plans for “mass deportations”, demonstrates the legal obstacles a Reform UK administration might face.
The claimant, from Nigeria, whose name was anonymised in the judgment, was jailed for offences in Scotland in October 2024 and was due to be released in January this year.
