Claim: Article Eight of the Human Rights Act sets out a right to private and family life and therefore is allowing asylum seekers to argue that because they have a cat or dog their deportation should be halted.
Fact-check: No evidence asylum seekers have used pets to argue against deportation - Full Fact
Verdict: we could find no evidence that this has ever been successfully put forward as a reason for an asylum seeker to be granted the right to remain in the uk. a similar claim made in 2011 by theresa may was widely debunked at the time.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Sarah Turnnidge
Date published: 2021-12-13T00:00:00