# Home Office seeks appeal to deport Kosovan woman convicted of 29 offences

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kosovan-serial-criminal-who-judge-deemed-too-culturally-and-socially-integrated-in-britain-to-be-deported-could-still-be-returned/
- Published: 2026-10-29T16:35:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T16:47:17+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16249903/Kosovan-serial-criminal-judge-deemed-culturally-socially-integrated-Britain-deported-people-returned.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: UK, World

## Key points

- The Home Office is appealing a ruling allowing Osmanovic to remain in the UK.
- She has 29 convictions across 13 cases.
- The tribunal cited hardship and integration concerns in Kosovo.

## Summary

The Home Office is seeking permission to challenge a ruling that allowed Barbara Osmanovic, a 40-year-old Kosovan woman, to remain in Britain. The case matters because the Government says it wants to remove foreign criminals, while the tribunal found that deporting Osmanovic would be unduly harsh under human rights law.

Osmanovic arrived in the UK as a child in 2000 and has been convicted 13 times for 29 offences. Her record includes theft and fraud targeting vulnerable people, attempted burglary and possessing a knife; she was jailed for two and a half years in 2023. The tribunal cited her lack of Albanian, support networks and access to documentation, as well as concerns about homelessness, health care and her ability to settle in Kosovo. The Home Office says returns of illegal migrants and foreign criminals rose by 52 per cent in the two years to 30 June 2026.

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