Last week the Court of Appeal overturned two judgments that allowed the man to remain, but his case must now return to an immigration tribunal

A Somali refugee who went on a ten-year crime spree is fighting deportation over dozens of firearms, drugs and burglary offences by arguing that it would threaten his human rights.

Lawyers for the 30-year-old man, who came to the UK when he was 13, are trying to prevent the Home Office from sending him to Mogadishu. Last week the Court of Appeal overturned two judgments that allowed him to remain, despite claims that his presence was a serious threat to public safety.

The court rejected arguments from the man’s lawyers that he should not be deported because his ethnicity as a member of the minority Ashraf clan would make him a target for violence.

However, the case must now return to the immigration tribunal where