LONDON, 21 July 2005 — The British government said yesterday it had struck an agreement in principle with Amman to allow it to deport Jordanian nationals without fear of mistreatment. The decision is expected to form part of a raft of new measures to be presented to Parliament by Home Secretary Charles Clarke when he outlines the government response to the July 7 London bombings.
The move is one of a number of measures to crack down on individuals who encourage or condone acts of violence or aid terrorists in the wake of the July 7 bombings in London that killed 56 people. The government said the agreement was part of a drive to step up monitoring of “what people say” in Britain and deport them if they are behaving in a way that is “not conducive to the public good”.
Jordan is just one of the countries with which London wants to strike a deportation agreement. “We have reached agreement in principle with the government of Jordan on a memorandum of understanding which will regulate the arrangements under which the Jordanians can provide us with the assurances we require regarding the treatment of individuals we might want to deport back to Jordan,” Prime Minister Tony Blair’s spokesman said.
