A fraudster from Nigeria who conned women out of almost £200,000 has been granted permission to stay in the UK as the NHS is treating his family.
Emmanuel Jack, 35, would target lonely vulnerable women who he met on dating websites and persuade them to give him money.
The 35-year-old was jailed for three years in 2014, after his ruse - which saw him pocket £186,000 - was exposed.
Following his time behind bars, the Home Office revoked his British citizenship - which he was granted in 1997.
Emmanuel Jack, 35, would target lonely vulnerable women who he met on dating websites and persuade them to give him money
Greater Manchester Police
In November 2022, he was told that he would be deported and Jack then decided to mount a legal campaign to remain in Britain.
An Immigration and Asylum tribunal has now found that deportation against Jack would be unduly harsh on his wife and children, who rely on him to help with their serious medical issues.
The court heard that he met his wife, a British woman, after his release from prison and that they have been married for six years.
The tribunal ruled that Nigeria would be “unlikely” to have the “bespoke” medical care that his family were receiving from the NHS.
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Following his time behind bars, the Home Office revoked his British citizenship
PAHis eldest daughter, who is six, suffers from eyesight problems whilst his youngest, who is 18 months old, was born prematurely and requires close supervision and care from the health provider.
Jack argued that “deportation would have an unduly harsh effect on his partner and children and amount to a disproportionate interference with the private life he had established in the United Kingdom”.
The family’s priest also told the court that “deportation would have a deleterious effect on family life and would be disastrous”.
The tribunal was told Jack has a “deep involvement in the care of [his children]” and is a , “loving and very hands-on father who plays a key role in their upbringing'”.
The case is the latest in which migrants or convicted foreign criminals have won the right to remain in the UK by citing breaches of the ECHR
ECHR“Moving to Nigeria would significantly disrupt that care, frustrate ongoing investigations and end the consistency of care that they have each been receiving to date. We consider that even if treatment is available, it is considerably harder to get treatment for all three of them in the same location,” the judges concluded.
The case is the latest in which migrants or convicted foreign criminals have won the right to remain in the UK by citing breaches of the ECHR.
Similar cases include an Albanian criminal who avoided deportation after claiming his son had an aversion to foreign chicken nuggets, while a Pakistani paedophile also escaped removal as it would be "unduly harsh" on his own children.
Just last week, a convicted Ghanaian criminal deported from Britain 12 years ago was allowed to return under human rights laws because separation from his family left him depressed.
