It is only the skills and knowledge of the practitioner in presenting appeals that can successfully challenge unfair initial decisions and prevent refoulment.

The men's lawyers explained they would be challenging the extradition on grounds of "refoulment", the illegal returning of refugees.

The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (read together with its 1967 Protocol) does not give refugees a right to return, but rather prohibits return (refoulment) to a country where he or she faces serious threats to his or her life or freedom.