The reporting of this has been terrible. Even by Telegraph/Mail/Express standards.
1. Conveniently, the Papers "forget" to mention when this Survey was carried out. It was, of course, under the last Conservative Govt 2. The Report says it doesn't know how many migrants there are-and estimates that it may be somewhere between 350,000 and 550,000. Rather than just the top figure seized upon by the Press 3. It says that the vast majority are "overstayers"-people who came in perfectly legally via work or study visas and then did not leave when they should. Something ignored in the hysteria 4. Got to admire the sheer nerve of the cretinous Chris Philp. Seeking to blame the current Govt. Far be it from me to suggest any of the fault might lay in the record, unprecedented, numbers waved in on study visas between 2015-23. People responsible during that period? How about-"Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts" 2019-21. Chris Philp. "Minister for London" 2019-20. Chris Philp. "Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire" 2022-24. Chris Philp 5. Let's look at some common sense from a non-political body-the Migration Observatory. Which explains the types of "illegal" migration so simply that even an Express reader could have someone read it out to them https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/unauthorised-migration-in-the-uk/ Look particularly at Figure 7. Returns of people illegally remaining fell off a cliff between 2017-23. The obsession with "getting Brexit done" meant (ironically) we stopped concentrating on migration. Not a Party political point-Starmer is continuing the good work of Sunak. Trying to catch up with the enormous backlog from May/Johnson
The reporting of this has been terrible. Even by Telegraph/Mail/Express standards.
1. Conveniently, the Papers "forget" to mention when this Survey was carried out. It was, of course, under the last Conservative Govt 2. The Report says it doesn't know how many migrants there are-and estimates that it may be somewhere between 350,000 and 550,000. Rather than just the top figure seized upon by the Press 3. It says that the vast majority are "overstayers"-people who came in perfectly legally via work or study visas and then did not leave when they should. Something ignored in the hysteria 4. Got to admire the sheer nerve of the cretinous Chris Philp. Seeking to blame the current Govt. Far be it from me to suggest any of the fault might lay in the record, unprecedented, numbers waved in on study visas between 2015-23. People responsible during that period? How about-"Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts" 2019-21. Chris Philp. "Minister for London" 2019-20. Chris Philp. "Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire" 2022-24. Chris Philp 5. Let's look at some common sense from a non-political body-the Migration Observatory. Which explains the types of "illegal" migration so simply that even an Express reader could have someone read it out to them https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/unauthorised-migration-in-the-uk/ Look particularly at Figure 7. Returns of people illegally remaining fell off a cliff between 2017-23. The obsession with "getting Brexit done" meant (ironically) we stopped concentrating on migration. Not a Party political point-Starmer is continuing the good work of Sunak. Trying to catch up with the enormous backlog from May/Johnson
Politicians shouldnt be allowed near any stats. I was listening to one yesterday saying that the economy was doing really well, and there were 16,000 more job vacancies than there were before Covid. Then another pointed out that our population has increased by 1.7 million during that time.
Foreign rapist jailed for six years wins payout for ‘unlawful detention’
A foreign rapist who was jailed for six years has won compensation for being unlawfully held in a migrant detention centre.
In 2015, Ebou Jasseh, from Gambia, attacked a drunk woman who had been asked to leave a nightclub after telling her he was hosting a party at his flat in Watford.
Jasseh, 41, who arrived in the UK in 2004 on a six-month visa, was jailed for six years for the attack, the Mail on Sunday reported.
He had also been arrested in 2010 for allegedly sexually assaulting another woman in Watford. He denied the accusation and no charges were brought.
Jasseh was set to be returned to Gambia when his prison sentence came to an end in 2019.
But he breached the terms of his licence and returned to jail before being held in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow Airport as the Home Office prepared to send him back.
Jasseh has since mounted at least six legal challenges to the Home Office in an attempt to remain in the UK – using pleas over his mental health and the harm he would face in his home country.
He has had his application for asylum refused but has remained in the UK despite saying he would return to Gambia voluntarily.
‘Substantial’ damages awarded Now it has emerged that a High Court judge ruled he should not have been placed in the centre because at that time it was unlikely the Home Office would be able to return him to Gambia.
He has been awarded “substantial” compensatory damages after the judge found that the Home Office had acted in an “oppressive” manner. The amount is undisclosed.
Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK, told the Mail on Sunday: “This is a disgrace. It’s a scandal.
“How on earth has this man won compensation? It’s a horrific case. It shows how utterly out of touch our system is.”
A Home Office spokesman said: “We make no apology for wanting to remove foreign national offenders at the earliest opportunity.
“We work with law enforcement to ensure there is no barrier to deport foreign criminals, as it is in the public interest for these people to be removed swiftly.”
I don't pretend to understand the intricacies of this sort of decision. What I do know is this:-
1. He was being held for quite a long time in a specialist centre for imminent enforced repatriation; 2. The Gambia have refused to accept a single enforced repatriation for many, many years. Presumably, they use the "Shamina Begum" argument-to claim that they do not regard a Criminal abroad as still being a Gambian citizen (and he had been in the UK for the last 20 years for reasons that are unclear) 3. Evidence was adduced from the relevant UK authorities that they knew this, but chose to ignore it-hence he was being unlawfully imprisoned. Because the Govt has a duty to show that they believe the person can be repatriated within a reasonable time. And there was proof we knew the reverse was true
We need to stop pretending that we are the only country that make international decisions. We cannot both say we are allowed to strip British citizenship from a British criminal abroad and claim we are allowed to decide which other country some person must live
I don't pretend to understand the intricacies of this sort of decision. What I do know is this:-
1. He was being held for quite a long time in a specialist centre for imminent enforced repatriation; 2. The Gambia have refused to accept a single enforced repatriation for many, many years. Presumably, they use the "Shamina Begum" argument-to claim that they do not regard a Criminal abroad as still being a Gambian citizen (and he had been in the UK for the last 20 years for reasons that are unclear) 3. Evidence was adduced from the relevant UK authorities that they knew this, but chose to ignore it-hence he was being unlawfully imprisoned. Because the Govt has a duty to show that they believe the person can be repatriated within a reasonable time. And there was proof we knew the reverse was true
We need to stop pretending that we are the only country that make international decisions. We cannot both say we are allowed to strip British citizenship from a British criminal abroad and claim we are allowed to decide which other country some person must live
I don't pretend to understand the intricacies of this sort of decision. What I do know is this:-
1. He was being held for quite a long time in a specialist centre for imminent enforced repatriation; 2. The Gambia have refused to accept a single enforced repatriation for many, many years. Presumably, they use the "Shamina Begum" argument-to claim that they do not regard a Criminal abroad as still being a Gambian citizen (and he had been in the UK for the last 20 years for reasons that are unclear) 3. Evidence was adduced from the relevant UK authorities that they knew this, but chose to ignore it-hence he was being unlawfully imprisoned. Because the Govt has a duty to show that they believe the person can be repatriated within a reasonable time. And there was proof we knew the reverse was true
We need to stop pretending that we are the only country that make international decisions. We cannot both say we are allowed to strip British citizenship from a British criminal abroad and claim we are allowed to decide which other country some person must live
I have said many times that I believe that we should accept our fair share of asylum seekers, and I do.
Much cleverer people than me would have to decide what that figure is.
However it seems that you can arrive in the UK illegally, or on a short term visa, and stay forever. To exacerbate this the Tories seemed incompetent in processing asylum applications.
An increased population can only further stretch our public services, which the tax payer has to fund.
We have a housing crisis, highest ever NHS waiting lists, a stretched criminal justice system, and the highest taxes for more than 70 years.
So surely controlling our borders, and deciding who is able to come here to stay is fundamental to any improvements that could be made to our economy.
Now it has emerged that a High Court judge ruled he should not have been placed in the centre because at that time it was unlikely the Home Office would be able to return him to Gambia.
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1. Conveniently, the Papers "forget" to mention when this Survey was carried out. It was, of course, under the last Conservative Govt
2. The Report says it doesn't know how many migrants there are-and estimates that it may be somewhere between 350,000 and 550,000. Rather than just the top figure seized upon by the Press
3. It says that the vast majority are "overstayers"-people who came in perfectly legally via work or study visas and then did not leave when they should. Something ignored in the hysteria
4. Got to admire the sheer nerve of the cretinous Chris Philp. Seeking to blame the current Govt. Far be it from me to suggest any of the fault might lay in the record, unprecedented, numbers waved in on study visas between 2015-23. People responsible during that period? How about-"Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and Courts" 2019-21. Chris Philp. "Minister for London" 2019-20. Chris Philp. "Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire" 2022-24. Chris Philp
5. Let's look at some common sense from a non-political body-the Migration Observatory. Which explains the types of "illegal" migration so simply that even an Express reader could have someone read it out to them
https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/unauthorised-migration-in-the-uk/
Look particularly at Figure 7. Returns of people illegally remaining fell off a cliff between 2017-23. The obsession with "getting Brexit done" meant (ironically) we stopped concentrating on migration. Not a Party political point-Starmer is continuing the good work of Sunak. Trying to catch up with the enormous backlog from May/Johnson
I was listening to one yesterday saying that the economy was doing really well, and there were 16,000 more job vacancies than there were before Covid.
Then another pointed out that our population has increased by 1.7 million during that time.
A foreign rapist who was jailed for six years has won compensation for being unlawfully held in a migrant detention centre.
In 2015, Ebou Jasseh, from Gambia, attacked a drunk woman who had been asked to leave a nightclub after telling her he was hosting a party at his flat in Watford.
Jasseh, 41, who arrived in the UK in 2004 on a six-month visa, was jailed for six years for the attack, the Mail on Sunday reported.
He had also been arrested in 2010 for allegedly sexually assaulting another woman in Watford. He denied the accusation and no charges were brought.
Jasseh was set to be returned to Gambia when his prison sentence came to an end in 2019.
But he breached the terms of his licence and returned to jail before being held in Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre near Heathrow Airport as the Home Office prepared to send him back.
Jasseh has since mounted at least six legal challenges to the Home Office in an attempt to remain in the UK – using pleas over his mental health and the harm he would face in his home country.
He has had his application for asylum refused but has remained in the UK despite saying he would return to Gambia voluntarily.
‘Substantial’ damages awarded
Now it has emerged that a High Court judge ruled he should not have been placed in the centre because at that time it was unlikely the Home Office would be able to return him to Gambia.
He has been awarded “substantial” compensatory damages after the judge found that the Home Office had acted in an “oppressive” manner. The amount is undisclosed.
Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK, told the Mail on Sunday: “This is a disgrace. It’s a scandal.
“How on earth has this man won compensation? It’s a horrific case. It shows how utterly out of touch our system is.”
A Home Office spokesman said: “We make no apology for wanting to remove foreign national offenders at the earliest opportunity.
“We work with law enforcement to ensure there is no barrier to deport foreign criminals, as it is in the public interest for these people to be removed swiftly.”
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/foreign-rapist-jailed-six-years-151013940.html
One can't help but wonder why it was necessary to preface the headline with the word "Foreign".
What has his Nationality - & of course they are really referring to his skin colour - got to do with anything?
Correct.
But adding "foreign" is clickbait to the closet racists.
I despise all rapists equally.
I don't feel the need to say "foreign" or indeed "English" or anything else. Because the important term is "rapist"
1. He was being held for quite a long time in a specialist centre for imminent enforced repatriation;
2. The Gambia have refused to accept a single enforced repatriation for many, many years. Presumably, they use the "Shamina Begum" argument-to claim that they do not regard a Criminal abroad as still being a Gambian citizen (and he had been in the UK for the last 20 years for reasons that are unclear)
3. Evidence was adduced from the relevant UK authorities that they knew this, but chose to ignore it-hence he was being unlawfully imprisoned. Because the Govt has a duty to show that they believe the person can be repatriated within a reasonable time. And there was proof we knew the reverse was true
We need to stop pretending that we are the only country that make international decisions. We cannot both say we are allowed to strip British citizenship from a British criminal abroad and claim we are allowed to decide which other country some person must live
Much cleverer people than me would have to decide what that figure is.
However it seems that you can arrive in the UK illegally, or on a short term visa, and stay forever.
To exacerbate this the Tories seemed incompetent in processing asylum applications.
An increased population can only further stretch our public services, which the tax payer has to fund.
We have a housing crisis, highest ever NHS waiting lists, a stretched criminal justice system, and the highest taxes for more than 70 years.
So surely controlling our borders, and deciding who is able to come here to stay is fundamental to any improvements that could be made to our economy.
We just seem incompetent in this respect.
If so, why?
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/woman-arrested-wearing-wigs-disguises-203613868.html
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