A prison van arrives at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London believed to be carrying one of the ten people facing charges in connection with the July 21 failed bomb attacks on London (AP)
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain detained 10 people on Thursday who it said were a threat to national security and added that it planned to deport them.
In a statement, Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the presence of the 10 unnamed foreign nationals was "not conducive to the public good."
The men were held by immigration officers backed by the police.
After two bombing attacks on London, the government has spelled out plans to deport radical Islamists who it believes are inciting or glorifying militant attacks and has signed bilateral agreements with a number of countries to return such individuals.
"Following months of diplomatic work we now have good reason to believe that we can get necessary assurances from the countries to which we will return the deportees so that they will not be subject to torture or ill-treatment," Clarke said.