Asylum seeker in ferry leap deported.A Lithuanian asylum seeker asylum seeker asylum n → demandeur/euse d'asile who leapt into the Tyne from a North Sea ferry in a desperate attempted to enter Britain is being deported, it was confirmed last night. The Home Office said the man was being detained by the Immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. Service, which intended to send him home. The would-be asylum seeker risked his life plunging 70ft into the river on Friday afternoon, hours after immigration officers had stopped him as he arrived at the North Shields Coordinates: North Shields (or locally just Shields) is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England. It is located eight miles (13 km) east of Newcastle upon Tyne. ferry terminal. The leap from the 600ft Princess of Scandinavia sparked a rescue operation involving life boats, the Coastguard and the Northumbria Police helicopter. The man was picked up by a passing yacht as he tried to swim a quarter of a mile to the shore below Tynemouth Priory. A Home Office spokeswoman said yesterday: "He will be deported as soon as it is possible as Lithuania is a country we class as a safe country." If an asylum seeker tries to enter England from a `safe' country they can be deported without appeal. They can then appeal once they arrive home. |
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