A day after it was reported that the United Kingdom designated the Indigenous People of Biafra as a terrorist group last week, the British High Commission in Nigeria put out a statement to debunk the news, saying it was not entirely true. The High Commission said that IPOB is not a proscribed organization in the UK.
The statement said that all asylum and human rights claims made in the UK are considered on their individual facts in accordance with their obligations under the UN Refugee Convention and European Convention on Human Rights with relevant background country information and case law.
He said that the assessment of separatists groups like IPOB are based on analysis of publicly available country information gathered from a wide range of reliable sources like the media, UK and other governments ,local, national and international organizations and non government organizations.
It however maintained that persons who have committed human rights abuses must not be granted protection.
