Report Claims Ministers Are Being Influenced by Liberal Judges on Asylum and Terror Issues

Barrister Michael Arnheim says the use of human rights law has led to bogus asylum seekers clogging up courts with endless appeals at the taxpayers’ expense.

Undated photo showing Lady Justice statue on top of the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey, in central London. Jonathan Brady/PA

“Politically correct” judges are influencing ministerial decisions on illegal immigrants, disruptive protesters, and terror suspects, a scathing report by a British think tank claims.

The newly released Civitas report, written by barrister Michael Arnheim, claims liberal judges are effectively making the rules that are now being ruthlessly exploited by what he called a “motley assortment” instead of in the interests of “law-abiding citizens.”