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Bangladeshi migrant avoids deportation from UK over 20-year jail sentence imposed under Sheikh Hasina’s regime in Dhaka

A Bangladeshi migrant has won the right to remain in Britain after a court ruled that he cannot be deported because he would face a 20-year prison sentence on explosives charges if he returned home.

The man, referred to in court as MM, was granted asylum after successfully arguing that the charges against him in Bangladesh were false and politically motivated. He said he had been targeted by the previous Awami League government because of his links to an opposing political group, reports the Daily Mail.

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