Overview
- Azizadeen Alsheikh Suliman remains in custody as a UK judge considers a European Arrest Warrant issued by Germany.
- He was convicted in Osnabrück in 2022 for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old and for supplying drugs to a minor, receiving a suspended sentence tied to a financial order.
- After stopping payments and facing possible imprisonment, he crossed the Channel by small boat, claimed asylum, and was housed with his wife and newborn at the Britannia Ashley Hotel in Hale.
- His lawyers argue extradition would breach Article 8 rights and cite alleged threats from a tribal feud; he says a name discrepancy was an interpreter error.
- German authorities dispute his account, local officials decry border checks and hotel placements, and the Home Office points to plans to toughen removals and recent deportation figures.