Judge demands to know why he can’t send Vietnamese pot farmer home

A judge has slammed the immigration authorities after being told a refugee convicted of growing cannabis cannot be detained and deported despite his ‘high chance’ of reoffending. The Home Office yesterday (thurs) ignored Judge Giles Curtis-Raleigh’s request for an in-person explanation of why they refused to detain a man with a ‘high chance’ of falling back into criminality and exploitation. Judge Curtis-Raleigh delayed the sentence of Vanty Lai, 43, for a week, hoping the Home Office would not allow the…