{"id":7175,"date":"2023-01-27T11:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/?p=7175"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:54:11","slug":"a-totally-avoidable-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2023\/01\/27\/a-totally-avoidable-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"A totally avoidable tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is not the first time, nor will it be the last <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>When will our ruling politicians wake up?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai is a name that will live in infamy. The murderer of Tom Roberts \u2013&nbsp;a young man who dreamt of serving his country by becoming a Royal Marine. A lying, vicious, psychotic killer from Afghanistan was able to spin out his stay as an unaccompanied minor with the support of immigration lawyers and an unfit system with more holes than Gruy\u00e8re cheese. The tragedy is that it was totally avoidable.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdulrahimzai made his way to the UK, doubtless having heard that we were a soft touch (see our research&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2023\/01\/26\/horrific-murder-in-bournemouth-shows-how-illegal-asylum-abuse-threatens-your-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here)<\/a>, after his asylum application was rejected in Norway. He had fled there from Serbia where he had gunned down two men, having already been convicted for drug dealing in Italy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On arrival at Poole from Cherbourg he sought asylum as a minor, claiming to be 14 years of age. Despite looking a lot older and Border Force questioning his claimed youth, it was two years before something closer to his true age was established.<br><br>To be fair to the Border Force, the instructions in the official guidance at the time were that anyone who didn\u2019t appear to be over 25 had to be given the benefit of the doubt (yes, really). It turned out that Abdulrahimzai was 19, not 14, when he arrived. Up to this point, he had been placed with a foster carer and been accepted at a local school, to be among young boys and girls.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This&nbsp;of course was neither the first nor an isolated case.&nbsp;Abdulrahimzai is not the only one to have&nbsp;lied their way into the country, having destroyed papers and claimed to be someone they were not. And having done so, aided by immigration lawyers and charities, many game&nbsp;the system to stay here and go on to commit heinous crimes. Sadly, it won\u2019t be the last time it happens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only way to stem the tide of those making their way here illegally, often after getting rid of their passport and other documents, is to detain them on arrival, deny them entry and either return or remove them quickly. What about international law or countries refusing to take back those who embarked from their shores, you ask. Frankly, if our government and politicians in parliament had the courage and determination, they could do it. And if it means resiling from the ECHR to do it then we should do so without hesitation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the argument that more safe routes are the answer, we say, nonsense. Application centres in Continental countries simply wouldn\u2019t work and would lead to even more making their way here illegally. Secondly, as we heard from a government minister this week, the UK has already given generously, with more than 450,000 people arriving via safe and legal routes since 2015 (about\u202f equal to the population of \u202fthe city of\u202f Bristol).\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2023\/01\/26\/horrific-murder-in-bournemouth-shows-how-illegal-asylum-abuse-threatens-your-safety\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8643-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8643-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8643-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8643-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8643-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8643.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blog of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/we-are-a-magnet-for-failed-asylum-claimants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Are\u202fA\u202fMagnet For Europe\u2019s Failed Asylum Claimants&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020 MW warned that the UK was becoming a *magnet* for failed asylum seekers from all over Europe because of our lax rules and disintegrating enforcement regime. That was before illegal boat crossings tripled in 2021 and shot up again in 2022. Read our blog\u00a0\u202f<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/we-are-a-magnet-for-failed-asylum-claimants\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/we-are-a-magnet-for-failed-asylum-claimants\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9828.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9828.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9828-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_9828-768x384.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Migration Watch in the news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11661903\/Border-Force-fears-number-migrants-making-Channel-crossings-nearly-double.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mail Online: Border Force fears that the number of migrants making Channel crossings will nearly double from 45,000 to 80,000 this year<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8216;These predictions are appalling, but they don&#8217;t surprise me. Once migrants get here, they know they can stay, and this will attract more people to try to come by boat.\u2019&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/uk-orders-investigation-into-red-flags-missed-as-afghan-asylum-seeker-jailed-for-murder_5006252.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Epoch Times: UK Orders Investigation Into \u202f\u2018Red Flags Missed\u2019\u202f as Afghan Asylum Seeker Jailed for Murder<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The scientific advisers said the tests should be voluntary, but\u202f Alp Mehmet, chairman of Migration Watch UK, urged the government to force illegal immigrants whose age was in doubt to take the tests.\u202f&nbsp;<\/em><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkTV\/status\/1618936897396514818?cxt=HHwWhIC9sfuhz_csAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Talk TV: People Smugglers Made \u00a3183m Last Year<\/a><br><br><em>\u2018It shows that the political class are bereft of ideas on what to do about this.\u2019<\/em><br><br>Two stories below do not mention or quote Migration Watch explicitly but both were informed directly by the work of our research team:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/columnists\/2023\/01\/24\/how-many-ticking-time-bombs-will-granted-asylum-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Telegraph: ALLISON PEARSON: The Home Office must stop wringing its hands and start protecting its own citizens<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With the surge in small boats arriving on the Kent coast (65,000 migrants are predicted to cross the Channel in 2023), and the almost inevitable destruction of personal documents, there has been a big rise in the number of unaccompanied\u202f \u201cchild\u201d\u202f refugees&#8230; between 2012 and 2021 some 52 asylum seekers claiming to be children were later found to be 30 years old or more.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/01\/23\/machine-gun-wielding-murderer-accepted-uk-child-asylum-seeker\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Telegraph: Killer had asylum claim rejected in Norway before UK accepted him as a &#8216;child&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The litany of missed opportunities and failings in the case illustrates the mammoth task facing the Government as it tries to reform the asylum system.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make your voice heard<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The asylum crisis and mass immigration are two sides of the same coin. Focusing\u202f on Channel crossings \u202fshould not distract us from \u202fthe\u202f wider and even bigger problem of the mammoth scale of net migration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not surprising that immigration levels shot up, with 1.2 million long-term visas \u202fgranted,\u202f notwithstanding the government\u2019s repeated promise to reduce immigration. It is now so much easier for workers, students and dependants to come here from all over the globe. And by Jove they have made the most of the open door.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government have systematically weakened the immigration system and border control.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/write-to-your-mp\" target=\"_blank\">Write to your MP<\/a>\u202f\u00a0to let them know you are not fooled.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not the first time, nor will it be the last When will our ruling politicians wake up? 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