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Home Secretary approves mosque raid to remove Afghani family

By Liz Fekete

1 December 2002

There was outrage after the home secretary approved a police operation to remove an Afghani family from a mosque where they had sought sanctuary.

The Ahmadi family were subsequently removed to Germany where they launched a challenge in the British High Court, seeking their return to the UK.

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