[Sephiroth]

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth

My questions was, did the EU compromise and let countries opt out? Not just the UK by the way of course. To say the EU never accommodate the UK is not correct.

[SEPH]: You didn't pose a question. You extolled what you perceived to be accommodation for the UK by the EU.

By the way, the ‘cannot deport due to owning a cat’ is a lie. It was after a deportation hearing about a Bolivian and their right to family life under ECHR, not an EU thing. Thereasa May has been criticised for repeating this lie - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15171980

[SEPH]: That's more or less calling me a liar; you shouldn't do that unless I am lying.

The same case was reported in the Telegraph:

The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled that sending the Bolivian man back to his homeland would breach his human rights because he was entitled to a "private and family life", and joint ownership of a pet was evidence that he was fully settled in this country.

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A court's consideration of the right to family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights often focuses on whether an immigrant should stay in Britain because they have children who were born in this country. However, this is believed to be the first time the courts have been asked to attach weight to joint custody of a pet.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...f-pet-cat.html