Foreign Drug Dealers Avoid UK Deportation Using Human Rights Protections

Two convicted drug dealers, one Jamaican and one Turkish, successfully challenge deportation orders citing risks of persecution and family separation under the European Convention on Human Rights.

A Jamaican man, jailed twice for heroin dealing, won an appeal to reconsider his deportation after claiming it would breach his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
The Jamaican's appeal argued that deportation would harm his family life and expose him to inhuman treatment, citing past abuse and trafficking in his home country.
Separately, a Turkish drug dealer, convicted of supplying heroin and alleged to have controlled a large share of the UK drug market, successfully blocked deportation to Turkey, citing risks of persecution as an Alevi Kurd.
The Turkish man, who had traveled to Turkey multiple times in the past, claimed deportation would split his family, all of whom are British citizens, and worsen his mental health.
The Home Office expressed disappointment with both rulings, arguing the individuals posed a danger to public safety and questioning the application of human rights laws in such cases.