Five arrests take total of foreigners held for 'national security' to 22

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By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent
Published: 04 October 2005

Five foreign terror suspects are being held in prison under immigration laws after being arrested yesterday in dawn raids across Britain.

The unnamed men, all Muslims, are being detained by the Home Secretary because he says their presence represents a threat to national security. Three were detained in the West Midlands, one in London and one in Cardiff. All five are thought to come from north Africa. <snip>

Under the European Convention on Human Rights no one can be forcibly sent to a country where they face the risk of torture. The government has already signed an agreement with Jordan and is close to reaching similar understanding with Algeria.

The men's lawyers have promised to challenge these "memoranda of understanding" in the UK courts because they claim they do not provide adequate safeguards. <snip>

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