Just one in five immigration offenders kicked out of UK

Thousands of immigration offenders are being allowed to escape deportation every year, Government figures reveal.
The asylum system is supposed to take a strict stance against those who are caught living in the UK illegally.
But fewer than one in five of those who claimed asylum only after they were caught living here without permission have been kicked out.
Incredibly, more are being given permission to stay than are being removed.
Critics said the figures showed how the previous Labour government had turned Britain into a ‘soft touch’ for illegal immigrants.
In the past three years alone, only 7,294 of the 40,000 who claimed asylum after being caught breaking immigration rules were kicked out.
This compared with 9,869 - one in four - who were told they could stay. The remainder have either yet to have their cases decided or have dropped out of the system.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of MigrationWatch, said: ‘These are astonishing figures.
‘These people entered illegally in the first place without bothering to claim asylum, so they can hardly be prime candidates.
‘Despite that, a quarter of them were granted some sort of protection.
‘Worse still, of all those detected, less than one in five have actually been removed. No wonder Britain is considered a soft touch and people are queuing in Calais to get here.’
The Home Office figures, obtained by Tory MP Priti Patel, detail what happens to people who are caught living in Britain illegally.
They can be caught trying to enter the country in the back of lorries, or using other clandestine methods. Alternatively, they may have entered legally then overstayed their visas.
Both categories are entitled to claim asylum when they are picked up by the authorities. However, the UK Border Agency is instructed to take a dim view of anybody caught in these circumstances.
Normally, there is a suspicion that anybody who does not claim asylum within a short time of entering the country may not be a genuine refugee.
One of the difficulties faced by the UK Border Agency is having enough staff to track down failed asylum seekers once they have been ordered to leave.

Must try harder: One of the difficulties faced by the UK Border Agency is having enough staff to track down failed asylum seekers once they have been ordered to leave

Staff are told to prioritise those who pose the greatest danger to the public. That means foreign criminals are at the front of the queue.
The UKBA is preparing to axe 5,000 jobs over the next four years. This has led to concerns there will be even fewer staff dedicated to ­asylum removals.
In a blistering report published last February, the Parliamentary ombudsman laid the blame at the door of the last government.
Ann Abraham said Labour was a ‘very long way’ from running a fast and fair immigration system that deports foreigners with no right to live here.
She found delays and incompetence at almost every level of the asylum and immigration process - with backlogs running to hundreds of thousands of cases.
The ombudsman warned the situation is such a shambles that illegal immigrants could soon benefit from an obscure rule which says those who avoid removal for 14 years can apply to stay here permanently.

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The taste of multiculturalism

Australian Prime Minister does it again!!

It took a lot of courage for  this woman to speak what she had to say for the world to  hear.  The retribution could be phenomenal, but at  least she was willing to take a stand on her and Australia 's beliefs. 

Muslims  who want to live under Islamic Sharia law  were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the  government targeted radicals in a bid to head off  potential terror attacks.. 
  
  
Separately, Gillard angered  some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she  supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques.  Quote: 
      'IMMIGRANTS,  NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT.. Take It Or Leave It.  I  am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are  offending some individual or their culture. Since the  terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge  in patriotism by the majority of Australians. ' 
  
'This culture has been developed over two  centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions  of men and women who have sought freedom' 
  
'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish,  Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any  other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of  our society . Learn the language!'
  
'Most  Australians  believe in God. This is not some Christian,  right wing, political push, but a fact, because  Christian men and women, on Christian principles,  founded this nation, and this is clearly documented It  is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of  our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you  consider another part of the world as your new home,  because God is part of our culture.'
  
'We  will accept your beliefs, and will not question why All  we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and  peaceful enjoyment with us.'
  
'This is OUR  COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow  you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you  are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our  Way of Life, I highly encourage you take  advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE  RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'   'If you  aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to  come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country  YOU accepted.'

Criminal checks on people working with children to be eased

More than half of the 9 million people who have needed criminal record checks to work with children and vulnerable adults are to be freed from the burden under new legislation.

The move – part of the coalition government's plans to scale back Labour's "over-intrusive" vetting and barring scheme to "commonsense levels" – is included in the protection of freedoms bill, which is being launched by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg. It is designed to roll back "unwarranted state intrusion in private lives" through the use of CCTV, local authority surveillance powers and the police DNA database.

The decision to "very significantly curtail" the vetting and barring scheme will mean that only those in sensitive posts or who have intensive contact with children or vulnerable adults will need to be cleared and undergo criminal record checks.

It is thought this will affect about half the 9 million people currently required to register so they can be continuously monitored while working with other people's children or vulnerable adults .

The changes are expected to be introduced in about 18 months if, as expected, the bill reaches the statute book early next year.

The vetting and barring system was introduced in the wake of the inquiry into the murders of Soham schoolgirls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells in 2002.

The home secretary, Theresa May, suspended the need for new job applicants to register with the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) last June pending a review of the scheme.

The new legislation makes several changes to the scheme as a result of the overhaul of the checking regime:

• The Criminal Records Bureau and the ISA are to be merged to form a streamlined body to provide a "proportionate" barring and criminal records checking service.

• The number of positions requiring checks will be restricted to those working most closely and regularly with children and vulnerable adults.

• Criminal records checks will be transferred between jobs to cut down on needless bureaucracy.

• An end to the need for those working with vulnerable groups to register with the vetting and barring scheme and be continuously monitored by the ISA.

• Penalties for those who knowingly request unlawful criminal record checks.

Ministers say they will continue to maintain a list of all those barred from working with children and vulnerable adults, but they want to ensure the new framework underpinning barring decisions is robust and fully supports the protection of vulnerable people.

Clegg said: "We inherited a messy criminal records regime that developed piecemeal for years and defied common sense. Our reviews concluded that the systems were not proportionate and needed to be less bureaucratic. They will now be scaled back to sensible levels while at the same time protecting vulnerable people."

The deputy prime minster said the Labour government had engaged in a 13-year long assault on hard-won British freedoms: "The coalition government is determined to hand them back to the people."

The plans for a "freedom bill" were first proposed by Clegg four years ago when he was the Liberal Democrats' home affairs spokesman.

Other key elements include:

• Regulation of CCTV cameras and the police's automatic number plate recognition scheme for the first time.

• Scaling back the police DNA database so it no longer holds the profiles of those who have not been convicted of any offence.

• Local authority surveillance powers will be restricted to the investigation of serious crime and exclude the enforcement of school catchment areas or checks on rubbish bins.

• The removal of convictions for consensual gay sex from police databases.

Public Won't Take Cuts Lying Down!

"We've had enough already!" Was the regularly repeated response from the public to our leafleting teams across Shropshire as our activists put out new 'Shropshire Partiot' leaflets highlighting the devestating cuts to such things as local jobs, local services and local schools which are set to bite hard in the run up to the 2013 Shropshire County Council elections.

Public anger is increasing dramatically, and a number of Shropshire residents called for more militant action against what many are regarding as an oppressive government regime.

And while the British National Party is set to become more militant, our party's main aim is to take public anger and channel it into peaceful but direct protest.

"It's disgraceful that the Con-Dem coalition is increasing Foreign Aid but at the same time depriving local councils of the funds they need to maintain and improve local services," said North Shropshire British National Party organiser Phil Reddall. "Local County councillors hold their hands up and act as if they can do nothing but make cuts, but these County councillors are part of the same anti-British rotten system that is pouring money into the Third World while our own children worry about whether they will have a local school to attend next year," he continued.

A middle aged resident of Market Drayton summed it up perfectly during a leafleting session last night when he said, "I don't mind helping out other nations with my tax money from time to time but if I see one child upset because his or her school closes around here then my vote will go to the British National Party."

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ASIAN GANG'S SEX ABUSE OF GIRL AGED 8

THE youngest victim of an Asian sex gang in Britain was just eight, the Daily Star can reveal.

Her parents had to move house to keep the child out of the clutches of the mob who scoured their streets hunting white girls to abuse.

She was among a number of children being groomed by the gang of mainly British-born Pakistani Muslims in Huddersfield, West Yorks.

The shocking case was revealed by Gill Gibbons, chief executive of the Coalition for the Removal of Pimping, who helped the youngster and her parents handle the horrific ordeal. The organisation has also worked with a gang victim aged only 10 in Blackburn, Lancs.

Ms Gibbons said although the victims were getting younger, most were not sexually abused until they were 13 in a bid to get round the law.

Girls over that age have to make complaints against their abusers themselves before authorities take action and the thugs are confident they can frighten the young teens off.

“The girls are getting younger,” said Ms Gibbons. “Some kids can look a lot older than they actually are. We once dealt with an eight-year-old girl.

“In these cases there hasn’t been any sex with the girls but the gangs try to indoctrinate them and get them ready for when they are a bit older.”

The organisation, which is in the frontline of the battle against sex gangs, has appointed parent officer Lindsay Dalton to help families of victims.

Gill said: “It is not only the children who are victims but the whole family become victims of these criminal gangs.”

jerry.lawton@dailystar.co.uk

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Britain is 'one of most undemocratic countries in Europe'

Britain may have the Mother of Parliaments, but  in a new study on democracy in 30 countries it is close to the bottom of the table which is headed by Denmark.
Germany is more democratic than France, Britain and even Switzerland, according to the study by the University of Zurich and the government-funded Social Science Research Centre in Berlin.
Surprisingly Belgium is ranked as the third most democratic country in the group, even though it has now been without a government for more than seven months.

Despite having the Mother of Parliaments, the British system has some 'significant flaws', according to a new study of democracy

The 'democracy barometer' measures how well 30 established democracies implement freedom and equality.
Denmark, Finland and Belgium have the world's best functioning democracies,   while Britain languishes in 26th position and France is  one place behind.
The study concludes that  despite having the 'Mother of Parliaments',  the British system has some 'significant flaws'.
It says: 'The problems lie mainly in three key areas: majority representation in parliament, which creates distortion between votes and actual seats in parliament, a media that is skewed by private-sector interests, and declining trust in the police.'
Project leader Wolfgang Merkel of the German research team told news magazine Der Spiegel: 'It was designed to go deeper than whether a country holds free and fair elections, but not to go deep into individual governmental policies.'
He said the study, which spanned the years 1995 to 2005, looked at the kind of control citizens have over their government. Nine other criteria were examined, including the rule of law, transparency of government and participation in the political process.
Germany came in at 11th place, just behind the U.S., gaining points for its number of female legislators and because of its strict separation of powers between two parliamentary houses.

THE LEAGUE TABLE
OF DEMOCRACY

Here is how the countries fared on a scale of 1 to 100.

Denmark: 88.3
Finland: 87.7
Belgium: 85.1
Iceland: 83.5
Sweden: 82.9
Norway: 82.1
Canada: 79.4
Netherlands: 79.0
Luxembourg: 75.2
USA: 74.9
Germany: 73.2
New Zealand: 72.1
Slovenia: 69.6
Switzerland: 67.8
Ireland: 67.0
Portugal: 66.7
Spain: 66.6
Australia: 65.5
Hungary: 63.2
Austria: 63.1
Czech Republic: 58.2
Italy: 57.0
Cyprus: 55.5
Malta: 54.2
Japan: 45.8
Great Britain: 44.6
France: 42.8
Poland: 42.0
South Africa: 39.8
Costa Rica: 32.7

'The frequent opportunities for veto by the upper house and by the constitutional court restrict governmental power,' said Mr Merkel.
By contrast, women are underrepresented in Switzerland's political system, which ranks at number 16. In addition, Switzerland has a smaller voter turnout among lower-income groups.
'Our democracy barometer highlights the best practice of some of the most successful democracies, but it does not disguise areas in which progress still needs to be made,' added Mr Merkel.
The barometer‘measured nine quality indicators: the protection of personal freedom from infringements by third parties, especially the state; the rule of law; an active citizenship; transparency; participation; representation; political competition; a system of checks and balances; and the ability to implement democratic decisions.
The 11-year study also revealed that the democracies in Poland, South Africa and Costa Rica are the lowest in quality. Switzerland, with its systems of referendums, came a poor 14th.
Project co-leader Marc Buhlmann from Zurich University said Swiss democracy was only average because its 'system of checks and balances, transparency and participation are only very poorly implemented'.
On the other hand, Switzerland is a 'model country when it comes to satisfying the criteria of personal liberties, an active citizenship, competition and governmental capability', he added.
The study also said: 'Positive developments are apparent in younger democracies such as South Africa and Cyprus, which are making up a lot of ground in terms of developing and protecting personal liberties, whilst a decline was evident in George W. Bush's America and Silvio Berlusconi's Italy.'

 

London embassy protesters demand sharia law amid continuing chaos in Egypt

• Hundreds protest outside Egyptian embassy in central London
• UK government complains to Egypt over text messages seen to instigate violence
• Britons fleeing violence tell of machete-wielding vigilantes and escaped prisoners roaming 'war zone'

Protesters waving placards calling for Islamic law to be imposed in Egypt have demonstrated outside the country's embassy in London.
For several days, a peaceful protest has seen hundreds of ex-patriots and supporters of regime change mass outside the embassy in the centre of the capital.
Today, brandishing signs such as 'democracy will bring oppression' and 'Islam is the solution for Egypt', women in burkas were joined by men in traditional dress for a rally calling for sharia law to be imposed.

Rank: British police officers stand guard as protesters demonstrate for the rule by Islamic law in Egypt, outside the Egyptian Embassy in London

Behind barricades, holding flags aloft,  they faced a line of uniformed police in the quiet streets of central London, far from the chaos of Tahrir -  Liberation - Square in Cairo.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'There are approximately 300 people there, all cooperative and good-natured.'

The demonstrations - in varying numbers - have been going on for several days, as crisis has engulfed Egypt and claimed the scalp of President Hosni Mubarak.
The previously peaceful protests in Cairo turned violent once the long-time head of state announced his intention to stand down at the next election, with his supporters clashing with those who want the 82-year-old to step aside immediately.
Many waved banners declaring 'Now!' - a reference to their demand for President Mubarak to go immediately, and not linger for months as he insists he must to ensure a peaceful transition.
rvour: Pro-Islamic supporters demonstrate outside the Embassy in London as crisis engulfs Egypt Families with children joined the trek to Tahrir Square, despite fears about stone-wielding Mubarak supporters determined to respond to the continuing popular uprising against him.
The 82-year-old president himself has insisted he will serve out the remaining seven months of his term to ensure a stable process.
'You don't understand the Egyptian culture and what would happen if I step down now,' Mubarak said he told President Barack Obama. He warned in an interview with ABC News that chaos would ensue.
The upsurge in violence led Europe's leaders to deliver a warning to the Egyptian authorities today to answer their people with 'political reform, not repression'.
The statement agreed at a Brussels EU summit stopped short of calling on President Hosni Mubarak to step aside.
Instead it challenged the regime to honour the terms of a £150 million-a-year EU 'Association Agreement', under which Egypt is committed to push through political and economic reforms in return for trade concessions and financial aid.

Fervour: Women call for Islamic law to be introduced in Egypt in the wake of the departure of President Hosni Mubarak

The EU statement came as Barack Obama's administration said it was in talks with Egyptian officials about the possibility of Mubarak resigning straight away, and the formation of an interim government before free and fair elections later this year.
The text urged the Egyptian authorities 'to meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people with political reform, not repression'.
It said: 'All parties should show restraint and avoid further violence and begin an orderly transition to a broad-based government.
'The European Council underlined that this transition process must start now.'
The UK government has complained to Egypt after Vodafone Group Plc was ordered to send text messages seen to instigate violence as demonstrators demanded the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
Britain's Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt contacted the Egyptian ambassador in London to discuss the order to Vodafone after the company reached out to the government, the Foreign Office said last night. 
British Foreign Secretary William Hague yesterday issued a statement calling the 'abuse' of Internet and mobile-phone networks 'unacceptable and disturbing'.

Call: The London demonstrators call for the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Britons fleeing the violence on a Foreign Office-chartered flight told of the chaos in the country.
Shukria Ahmed-Nur, 16, told how marauding thugs terrorised the streets near where she lived.
She said: 'There were men with samurai swords, machetes and other weapons.
'They were outside our apartments, walking up and down the stairs, which was really scary.
'We were just hoping we would get out alive.'
Mother-of-two Jala Ibrahim, 33, from Fulham, west London, said: 'The country is in a really bad state at the moment. It's a bit like a war zone but the people are fighting for their rights.'
Stephanie Harkin, 25, a teacher from Luton, Bedfordshire, said: 'Our main problem was prisoners escaping from a nearby prison. We had a lot of men outside our house and so we had to create a makeshift neighbourhood watch.
'We had to sleep with knives by us as well. Across the road on the next compound there were reports that seven people had been killed and that neighbours had been attacked by thieves.'
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based media watchdog, said it had recorded 24 detentions of journalists, 21 assaults and five cases in which equipment was detained over a 24-hour period.
European leaders have urged Egyptian authorities to protect reporters covering the country's crisis.
The call came as a Swedish TV journalist was reported to be in a serious condition after being stabbed.

 

Britons have 'greater fear' of immigration

Britons are more fearful about immigration than other nations, according to a poll of people across the US, Canada and western Europe.

Almost one in four (23%) said immigration was the most important issue facing the country, the Transatlantic Trends survey found. 

The other countries, including the US (9%), Canada (5%), France (8%), Germany (9%), Italy (10%), Holland (4%) and Spain (3%), appeared far less concerned.

The survey found 59% of Britons agreed there were "too many" people living in the country who were not born here, also a much higher figure than the other nations.

And seven out of 10 (70%) said the Government was doing a poor job in managing immigration.

A total of 47% believed legal immigrants were a burden on social services like schools and hospitals, and 33% said legal immigrants increase crime.

About one in four (22%) said only British citizens should have access to UK schools and 25% said only British citizens should have access to healthcare.

However, the survey also showed that 77% of people agreed legal immigrants were hard workers, and 43% said they were integrating well or very well into society - a higher figure than several of the other nations.

The Government says it is committed to reducing net migration from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands within the lifetime of the Parliament.

The survey, commissioned by the US German Marshall Fund and other organisations, saw at least a thousand people from each country questioned in August, September and November last year.

Europe's judges have 'made UK a safe haven for terrorists'

Warning: Lord Carlile

European judges have turned Britain into a ‘safe haven’ for foreign terrorists, the independent reviewer of anti-terror laws warned yesterday.
Lord Carlile said rulings by the European Court of Human Rights had undermined efforts to deport dangerous individuals intent on causing mayhem.
The Liberal Democrat peer and QC attacked the court for refusing to allow the risk of harm to British citizens to be weighed in deportation hearings. Instead, only the human rights of the suspected terrorist can be taken into account.
‘The effect [of the court’s rulings] is to make the UK a safe haven for some individuals whose determination is to damage the UK and its citizens – hardly a satisfactory situation save for the purist,’ he said.
His comments will heap further pressure on ministers over relations with the Strasbourg court.
Conservative MPs are already in open revolt over plans to give thousands of prisoners the right to vote following the court’s judgement that prisoners must have access to the ballot box.
Last night Dominic Raab, Tory MP for Esher and Walton, said European judges’ law making was ‘out of control’.
He added: ‘It is not the job of an international court to re-write British laws on deportation, parental discipline or prisoner voting. It is high time we drew a line in the sand.’
Under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights individuals are protected against torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. The clause allows foreign terror suspects to fight deportation on the grounds that they would be tortured in their home countries if returned. A string of terrorists have taken advantage of the clause.
Britain has argued that the courts should be allowed to take into account the risks posed to its citizens.
But the unelected judges ruled, in the 1996 Chahal judgment, that the only factor of importance was the protection of the human rights of terror suspects.
The European convention has been incorporated into British law in the Human Rights Act. British courts have to apply rulings of the European court.
Lord Carlile’s comments make clear how Britain’s efforts to deport foreign terror suspects have been hamstrung by the court.

THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY BUT NO DEPORTATION

Al Qaeda operative Abid Naseer

Last May, a court ruled Al Qaeda operative Abid Naseer (pictured right) and his accomplice Ahmad Faraz Khan could not be deported because it would infringe their human rights.
The pair were planning a 'mass casualty attack', probably against shoppers at the Arndale Centre in Manchester over the Easter holiday last year.
But judges said Naseer, 24, and 26-year-old Faraz Khan - who came to Britain as students - should not be sent back to Pakistan because of the risk they could be tortured.
Critics branded the judgment by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was 'outrageous' and Home Secretary Theresa May expressed her disappointment.
The issue of human rights is potentially divisive for the coalition, with Tory MPs insisting the party should stick to its manifesto pledge to scrap the Human Rights Act, brought in by Labour, and replace it with a British Bill of Rights.

In an attempt to deal with the issue, Labour made deals with countries with dubious human rights records in which they pledged not to torture anyone returned to them.
These ‘deportation with assurances’ (DWA) agreements exist with Algeria, Libya, Jordan, the Lebanon and Ethiopia. Home Secretary Theresa May has pledged to step up efforts to make more agreements and send more foreign terror suspects home. But Lord Carlile, in his sixth and final report as independent reviewer of terror legislation, wrote: ‘The negotiation of DWAs is a time-consuming process.
‘Even where successfully agreed, there is no guarantee the courts will accept them, given the relatively low threshold required for an individual to avoid deportation.
‘The Government sought by intervention in the European Court of Human Rights to argue that where a person seeks to resist removal on the grounds of risk of ill-treatment in their home country, this may be balanced against the threat they pose to national security if they remain.
‘And where the person poses a risk to national security, this has an impact on the standard to which he must establish a risk of ill-treatment. The court rejected both arguments. This leaves the UK reliant on DWAs.’
Lord Carlile’s comments angered human rights groups. Kate Allen, UK director at Amnesty International said: ‘The global ban on deporting people to countries where they’re at risk of torture exists for a very good reason – to protect us all from the threat of being tortured.’
The Tory manifesto included a pledge to abolish the Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights, but this was kicked into the long grass after discussions with the Lib Dems over forming the Coalition.

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Fury after two Muslim councillors refuse to take part in standing ovation for Marine who won George Cross

Two Muslim councillors were under fire today after they refused to take part in a standing ovation to honour a Marine who won the George Cross.
Salma Yaqoob and Mohammed Ishtiaq remained seated during a ceremony for Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher.
The 26-year-old was awarded the George Cross after he flung himself onto a Taliban hand grenade to save his comrades during an ambush in Helmand Province in 2008.

Hero: Matt Croucher who won the George Cross was the subject of an anti-war protest by Muslim councillors at Birmingham City Council

He was serving with 40 Commando when his patrol came under fire but he miraculously survived because his backpack took the force of the blast.
L/Cpl Croucher became the most highly-decorated serving Marine when he received the George Cross for ‘outstanding bravery not involving direct contact with the enemy’.
More than 100 councillors at Birmingham City Council attended a meeting on Tuesday night to honour L/Cpl Croucher, who was there as guest of honour.
But when the councillors stood to give him a standing ovation Cllrs Yaqoob and Ishtiaq, who are both members of the Respect party, refused to get to their feet.
Fellow councillors today reacted with fury at the snub and branded the pair 'shameful'.
Conservative Cllr John Lines said: 'They should be ashamed of themselves.
'This was not the time or place to stage an anti-war protest - this man risked his life for his comrades.
'I was happy to give this hero a standing ovation and I have invited him to be guest of honour when we open new houses for ex-military personnel later this year.'
Conservative Cllr Peter Douglas Osborn added: 'As far as I am concerned it is no longer the Respect Party, but the disrespect party.'
L/Cpl Croucher, from Solihull, West Midlands., who now runs a security firm, was at the meeting to highlight his work with the Royal British Legion.

Lack of Respect: Salma Yaqoob, left, refused to stand and applaud the Marine and was joined by fellow Respect party councillor Mohammed Ishtiaq in her protest

He said: 'Obviously not everyone is behind the work we are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan and they have their point of view.
'On the other hand, it was nice to be shown respect for the job we do by the overwhelming majority of councillors.'
Yaqoob and Ishtiaq yesterday remained defiant about their decision to snub L/Cpl Croucher, branding the gesture 'false patriotism'.
Cllr Yaqoob, Respect Party leader and head of Birmingham’s Stop the War Coalition, said: 'It was more about the politicians feeling good about themselves for sending our young men to fight for reasons that have proved to be false.
'I have every sympathy for our soldiers on a human level, they are only doing their jobs.
'But this ovation was just a big public show, it was false patriotism.
'Wrapping coffins in the flag and awarding medals does not make it right.'
Cllr Ishtiaq added: 'At the end of the day, if these so-called politicians want to give a standing ovation, why don’t they go and fight themselves?
'What we did was out of principle.'

Unbelievable bravery: L/Cpl Croucher shows his shredded backpack that took the force of the blast from a grenade while he was on patrol in Afghanistan

The mother of L/Cpl Croucher expressed shock that two Muslim councillors snubbed her son.
Margaret Croucher said: 'It is a surprising thing to have happened. I don't think Matt expected to be caught in the middle of a row.
'I am disappointed but like Matt said after it happened, everyone is entitled to their opinion whatever it may be.'
Cllr Salma Yaqoob, 38, a married mother-of-three, was elected to Birmingham City Council in 2006 and represents the Sparkbrook ward.
She received nearly 50 per cent of the vote which is one of the highest majorities of any councillor.
Cllr Mohammed Ishtiaq, 35, is a married father-of-one, was elected to the council in 2007 and also represents the Sparkbrook ward.
Today he defended the decision to snub L/Cpl Croucher's standing ovation.
He said: 'We had no idea that there would be a standing ovation. It was announced at the start of the meeting.
'We were caught unawares but we decided we did not wish to take part.
'We acknowledged Matt Croucher by nodding and smiling in his direction which I think he appreciated.
'We were protesting against the other politicians not against Matt.
'He is a hero for what he did but he, like many other young men and women, are in a war which is based on a pack of lies.'
A Birmingham City Council spokesman said the councillors had not breached any rules and would not comment on political matters.

Lying asylum seeker can stay here - because she had two children by an HIV alcoholic

Ruling: The Supreme Court said that forcing the woman to return home was not in the 'best interests' of her children

A judge once described her as a lying deceitful woman who deserved not an iota of sympathy.
But yesterday a Tanzanian asylum seeker was granted the right to stay in Britain – because since arriving 15 years ago she has had two children.
The single mother had been accused of getting pregnant to aid her case.
The children’s father is a married HIV positive alcoholic who lives on disability benefits.
Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that forcing the mother to go was not in the ‘best interests’ of her children, who would have had to go to Africa with her.
It ruled that under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, their right to a family life was the most important factor in what should happen to her.
The woman – who can only be named as ZH – was described as having an ‘appalling’ immigration history. Her case was rejected three times by the Home Office, including twice when she used false identities and pretended to be from war-torn Somalia.
She had two children by the British man – known only as KP – a daughter now 12 and a boy now nine, who live in London.
At an earlier hearing a judge said he had ‘absolutely no sympathy for her’.
An immigration tribunal found her to be ‘seriously lacking in credibility’ and said her decision to have the second child despite her precarious immigration status was ‘demonstrably irresponsible’.
The tribunal said it was possible her decision to have a child with the father, who drinks 12 to 15 cans of super strength lager a day as well as rum, was ‘in some measure’ motivated by the belief it would make it more difficult to send her home.
Both the tribunal and the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Government, which wanted her removed from the country.
But she appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that sending her home would be a ‘disproportionate’ interference with her human rights.

'Unqualified right': Supreme Court Justice Lady Hale said that as the children were citizens of the UK they had rights which they would not have in another country

Yesterday, in a unanimous ruling, the court said it would be ‘disproportionate’ to deport her. It would ‘inevitably’ mean her children have to go to Tanzania with her, and holding her decisions against them would be wrong.
Supreme Court Justice Lady Hale said: ‘They are British children; they are British, not just through the “accident” of being born here, but by descent from a British parent; they have an unqualified right of abode here; they have lived here all their lives; they are being educated here; they have other social links with the community here; they have a good relationship with their father here.’
Lady Hale – the first and only woman among the 12 Supreme Court judges – has long battled for women’s rights and describes herself as a ‘soft-line feminist’.
She added: ‘It is not enough to say that a young child may readily adapt to life in another country.’
‘As citizens of this country they have rights which they will not be able to exercise if they move to another country.
‘They will lose the advantages of growing up and being educated in their own country, their own culture and their own language.
‘They will have lost all this when they come back as adults.’
Immigration Minister Damian Green said he was ‘disappointed’ by the decision. ‘The Supreme Court acknowledged that this individual’s immigration history is “appalling”. In those circumstances I do not believe people should expect to be able to stay in the UK.’
Tanzania was described in court as ‘not an uncivilised or inherently dangerous place’. Around 50,000 British tourists visit the country every year. It is blessed with some of the most beautiful scenery in Africa including Mount Kilimanjaro.
While the East African country is rapidly developing, it remains one of the world’s poorest with almost 14million out of its population of 42.5million living below the national poverty line.

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Police hit by flood of EU arrest warrants as officers process 20 times the number of foreign extradition requests as they make

Police in Britain are being forced to arrest more criminals on behalf of other EU countries than any other nation.
Under the hugely controversial European Arrest Warrant, officers had to chase down 4,100 people accused of committing even very minor crimes last year.
That is 20 times the number of extradition requests made by the British authorities. The next country in the list was Spain, with 1,629.

Under the European Arrest Warrant, police officers had to chase down 4,100 people accused of committing even very minor crimes last year

The number of suspects eventually handed over by Britain was 699.
British police, meanwhile, issued 203 requests, with 71 people being ‘surrendered’.
Campaigners said the figures showed the EAW, which was signed in the aftermath of 9/11 to combat terrorism, was hugely imbalanced.
The warrant is based on justice systems across the EU being equally fair. As a result, the UK authorities do not seek to verify the claims on the warrants.
This is despite huge differences in the way other EU countries view minor offending, and the provision of bail.
The Mail has long highlighted the way the EAW was being deployed in huge numbers by Poland.
Last year, we told how the number of Eastern European fugitives captured in Britain has increased so much that the flights have become a regular fortnightly event at Biggin Hill air base.
The administration cost to the British taxpayer is around £25million a year. The flights have been dubbed ‘con air’.
One recent extradition case before magistrates was against a Polish man who moved to Britain to set up his own decorating business.
Five years ago, on his way to a party in his home town in western Poland, the man shoplifted about 20 Milka bars.
Other cases include a carpenter who fitted wardrobe doors and then removed them when the client refused to pay him, and a person suspected of ‘theft of a dessert’.
The Home Office is reviewing both the arrest warrant and the hugely controversial Extradition Act with the U.S.
The Mail has demanded change in the wake of the attempts to extradite computer hacker Gary McKinnon to America for crimes allegedly committed from his north London bedroom.
Campaigners say he should be placed on trial in the UK. Medical experts say the vulnerable Asperger’s sufferer could take his own life if extradited.

 

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