The Weekly Law Reports
[2008] 2 WLR 1178
House of Lords
Regina
v
Asfaw (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees intervening)
[2008] UKHL 31
2008 Feb 18,
19,
20;
May 21
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell and Lord Mance
Immigration— Asylum— Illegal entrant— Appellant arriving in United Kingdom en route to seek asylum elsewhere— Apprehended attempting to leave United Kingdom by presenting false documents to airline— Prosecution for use of false documents and dishonest attempt to obtain travel services from airline— Whether offences on account of her “illegal entry or presence”— Whether protected from prosecution—
Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33),
s 31
—
Convention and Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees (1951) (Cmd 9171) and (1967) (Cmnd 3906), art 31(1)