# Kosovan criminal who stole from disabled people can’t be deported as she is ‘culturally and socially integrated’ in Britain, judge rules

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kosovan-criminal-who-stole-from-disabled-people-cant-be-deported-as-she-is-culturally-and-socially-integrated-in-britain-judge-rules/
- Published: 2026-10-29T00:54:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T01:11:04+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16243341/Kosovan-criminal-culturally-socially-integrated.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- Tribunal rejects deportation of Barbara Osmanovic.
- She has 13 convictions for 29 offences.
- Judge cited her integration and likely hardship in Kosovo.

## Summary

A UK immigration tribunal has rejected the Home Office’s attempt to deport Barbara Osmanovic, a Kosovan national with a long record of offending. The judge found that deportation would be unduly harsh because she is socially and culturally integrated in Britain and would face significant difficulties in Kosovo.

Osmanovic, 40, came to the UK as a child in 2000 and was granted leave to remain in 2006. She has 13 convictions for 29 offences, including a 2023 sentence of two and a half years for theft, fraud, attempted burglary and possessing a knife; one theft involved taking a disabled woman’s purse and spending £1,640 on her card. The tribunal cited her lack of Albanian, support networks and access to documents for healthcare in Kosovo, as well as the risk she would be homeless.

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