BRITAIN LEFT TO COUNT COST OF EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT

THE TELEGRAPH - ANDREW GILLIGAN

Britain is inundated with extradition requests. But while we kowtow to EU arrest warrants, other countries are shielding citizens with opt-outs.

More than 1,000 people in Britain last year were seized by police on the orders of European prosecutors, a 51 per cent rise in 12 months.

Jago Russell, the chief executive of Fair Trials International, said: “The human impact of an extradition is crazy. In its forthcoming review of extradition law, Britain needs to learn lessons from the likes of Germany, which have put much-needed safeguards in place to protect their citizens.”