Almost half of Scotland’s foreign prisoners come from just three countries - "Just over four in 10 of the total were from just three countries – Albania (94), Poland (92) and Vietnam (81). Mr Kerr compared the figures with passport data from the 2022 Scottish census and warned that imprisonment rates for nationals from four countries were so high as to be “absurd”. More than a quarter (26.3 per cent) of Eritreans living in Scotland are estimated to be in prison, he alleged, and more than one in five (21.9 per cent) Somalians. Almost one in six Albanians (15.8 per cent) and Vietnamese (15.2 per cent) people living in Scotland are estimated to be imprisoned, according to his comparison of census and SPS data. The analysis found no other foreign national group had an imprisonment rate of more than 2 per cent... “Something has clearly gone wrong when some nationalities are committing crime and going to prison at such an extremely high rate. It undermines the SNP narrative that all immigration is good for Scotland, when it clearly is not. “The cost is twofold. First, the extra crime caused by these foreign nationals comes at a significant cost. And secondly, the taxpayer has to foot the bill for keeping every one of these 653 foreign nationals in prison for months or years. This farce is costing our country dearly.”"
Clearly this is due to racism and xenophobia
Afghan asylum seekers ‘go home on holiday’ - "Afghans who have been relocated to Britain to protect them from the Taliban have returned to their home country on holiday, it has been claimed. The Government has spent billions on a scheme to protect the asylum seekers from persecution in their home country after they supported British troops deployed there. The alleged excursions back to Afghanistan have led to claims that the threat they face has been exaggerated. A former interpreter, who served with British forces in Afghanistan before starting a new life in the UK, claimed that the Afghanistan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) had been exploited by Afghans. The allegations were made after a data breach involving the details of over 18,000 soldiers and some of their family members involved in Afghanistan was revealed in July, when a super-injunction was lifted. The former interpreter, who requested anonymity, pointed to examples of alleged exploitation including fake Taliban letters, staged “torture” videos and false claims of Taliban attacks against asylum seekers and their relatives. He claimed that some Afghans coming to the UK had already been granted asylum in other safe countries such as Denmark or Belgium, while others who were relocated only spent one or two days as interpreters with British forces. He told Sky News: “The only threat is unemployment. We have witnessed ... interpreters from various units, from SF [special forces] units... there are hundreds of them going in [to the UK], coming back. “It made me disappointed because [British] people believed there was a high threat to the interpreters.” The source also said that applicants were pushing to bring in large, extended families, including spouses and children, nieces and nephews, and second wives... the former interpreter claimed that applicants were falsely saying their children were under the age of 18, despite being in their 20s. The source claimed that examples of false evidence to strengthen an application included borrowing a neighbour’s gun and shooting a car to pretend the Taliban had done it, and videos of a man’s “wife” being beaten by the Taliban, only for it to be an unrelated video from the internet. A different source alleged that the production of falsified threatening letters from the Taliban had led to thriving businesses in the country. He said it could cost between $1,000 (£740) and $1,500 (£1,110) to order a fake letter... Afghan migrants staying in Home Office hotels told The Telegraph that many are planning to visit Afghanistan using a route that leaves no trace on their passports"
Disputed or debunked claims about migration and crime in the UK : r/unitedkingdom - "For some reason, the left view British working class culture as either ridiculous or shameful while viewing immigrant culture as somehow profound or joyful. Likewise, white working class people wanting to live among people who share common roots is wicked and racist while immigrants doing the same thing are preserving their shared heritage."
Disputed or debunked claims about migration and crime in the UK : r/unitedkingdom - "The problem with figures like that is while they may be true on the surface they miss the wider point. You can probably say that 0.01% of brits are sex offenders, but that 0.1% of Afghans are, so they're 10x more likely. (made up figures to illustrate the point) But you're still tarring the other 99.9% with that brush."
"Isn’t the point that these Afghan men are only here at the discretion of the British government and by extension the good will of the country? Demographics don’t matter when the population are controlled by the government. The issue is still the same, that the government are willingly introducing a population which categorically commits sex crimes at a much higher rate than the indigenous population."
Disputed or debunked claims about migration and crime in the UK : r/unitedkingdom - "Back before the Brexit vote, the left spent a long time debunking the dodgy bus maths - saying we don’t send £315M to Brussels a week, it’s only £200M, or whatever. This gave the numbers a huge amount of extra publicity, and £200M (or whatever) is still a very lot. And so it is with the Afghans are 20 times more likely to commit a sex crime that British people stat. It might be true that there were more Afghans in London than the 2021 figure - but even if there were 2x more Afghans in 2023 than 2021, that would still make them 10 times more likely to commit a sex crime. And then the additional headline would be 2x more Afghans in London in two years. So overall this article is probably working counter to the Guardians editorial goals."
"Isn't that the Motte-&-Bailey argument? Someone makes a highly exaggerated claim. If not challenged the exaggeration remains, if challenged they retreat to the "Motte" & argue the critic is unreasonable for attacking them. If you have a solid argument backed up by data, why would you need to inflate figures at all?"
"Not quite. The issue with the motte and bailey is that the motte argument doesn't support the same point the bailey does. In this case, the points are the same, that afghans commit more sexual assaults. Exaggerated numbers beyond the real ones that demonstrate the same point means you are being unreasonable not for criticising the exaggeration but for acting like the exaggeration being debunked makes the real issue go away. For example, man accused of 10 murders, its proven that he only commited 9, its not someone using a motte and bailey argument for claiming he killed 10 and is therefore a mass murderer and when shown to be wrong, criticising the person who is acting like 9 murders doesn't make him a mass murderer. The standard motte and bailey taking a general one liner statement for your motte and a specific statement for the bailey that people who agree with the motte, don't necessarily agree with. For example, gun crime needs to come down, therefore we must confiscate all guns, you want to criticise the confiscation, well i'm just saying we should reduce gun crime, why would you criticise that. As opposed to i embezzled 100 million quid, you claim i embezzled 200 million, so you are wrong so why are we discussing embezzlement as if i've embezzled 200 million quid? Stop calling me an embezzler."
Ditto with left wing "fact checks" that don't change the broader point, but just quibble about details
Albanian cannabis dealer claimed deportation would destroy his marriage - "A jailed Albanian drug dealer won a stay on his deportation after a court ruled his relationship with his wife would “dwindle away” if he was removed from the UK, it has emerged. Roland Matranxhi was jailed for four and a half years at Manchester Crown Court in 2023 over his involvement in a drug gang’s huge cannabis farm... the upper tribunal ruled that the lower court had made an error in law and that Matranxhi should be deported."
Everything the military has done instead of stopping the boats - "A Cabinet minister has claimed it is not the best use of Army time to cover crises which “other parts of Government” should be handling. Peter Kyle, the Business Secretary, dismissed Donald Trump’s advice to call in the Army to tackle small boat crossings, saying the Armed Forces should be focused on “defending our country”. But the Government has had few qualms in the past relying on the military to cover public services during strike action, beef up security protection and to bolster responses to crises such as flooding, wildfires and the pandemic."
On boats, Labour is being hoisted by its own petard - "It would be funny if it weren’t so wearyingly inevitable. Many of us warned – repeatedly – that Starmer’s approach was destined to fail. Still, I nursed a sliver of hope that this time might be different, that the most basic demand of the British electorate – the ability to enforce a border – might be delivered... We have reached a point where the British state cannot perform its most elementary duty: to control who enters and who stays. This is not simply administrative failure; it is an erosion of sovereignty. Every prime minister who confronts this reality ends the same way: humiliated. The only question is how many more must be sacrificed before one of them finally stands up and does the right thing for the British people?"
Lord Hermer gave free advice to charity helping migrants fight deportation - "The Attorney General provided free legal advice to a charity that helps migrants to fight deportation from Britain. Lord Hermer gave his time pro bono in 2019 to work for Bail for Immigration Detainees (BiD), a charity that is now advising migrants on how to thwart Sir Keir Starmer’s “one in, one out” deal... He has been criticised over alleged conflicts of interest linked to his previous human rights work, including representing Gerry Adams against IRA bomb victims in a High Court case that is due to go to trial next year. BiD is a human rights and legal advisory charity founded in 1999 and is backed by Left-wing foundations and philanthropists... Among the barristers praised by BiD for their help in 2019 was also a lawyer who has represented Hamas and called for “copycat” direct action groups to spring up to replace the banned Palestine Action. Franck Magennis was one of three lawyers who worked on an unsuccessful application to remove Hamas from the Home Office’s list of proscribed organisations. Also on the list was Greg Ó Ceallaigh KC, now a judge who presides over deportation appeals by asylum seekers. In April this year, it was reported that before becoming a judge, he had reposted calls to decriminalise illegal migration to the UK. He also said the Conservative Party should be “dealt with as you would deal with the Nazis”."
Home Office-backed charity seeks to thwart French migrant deal - "BiD, which has received more than £400,000 in Comic Relief donations and which benefits from charitable tax relief, has produced a detailed method that could help migrants to beat the Prime Minister’s flagship policy. The guide includes “template” letters migrants can use and suggestions for how to use legal and human rights arguments to fight deportation."
This is how we rein in activist charities blocking deportations - "under Tony Blair, charities were allowed to be set up just to promote human rights, which is what BiD has as its charitable objective. That allows it to focus on helping “people of a particular ethnic or racial origin”. Despite this obviously allowing for much politicised charities, the Conservatives kept the right of charities to be formed to promote human rights in the Charities Act 2011. Since the initial legislation, there has been a massive growth in the number of charities who involve themselves in political issues. Nowhere is that more obvious than when it comes to immigration. When the Rwanda Bill went to the House of Lords, a coalition of 265 charities criticised the legislation, calling it “a threat to the universality of human rights” and calling on peers to reject the Bill. These charities were recipients of £209m from the Government... This is a well-funded sector, despite the best efforts of charities to depict themselves as underdogs: Detention Action had an income of over £600,000 at one point. Much of this is driven by grants from large foundations, rather than donations from ordinary members of the public. Even judges have become involved in these activist charities. Judge Fiona Beach, who let a knife-wielding drug dealer remain in Britain, was once a director of Asylum Aid and provided immigrants with free legal representation for BiD. Similarly, Judge Melissa Canavan allowed a rapist and also a crack cocaine dealer to stay in Britain. She had previously worked for the Refugee Legal Centre and represented migrants for BiD. All this is a far sight from what the British public associate with charities. This is enabled by our generous human rights laws and overly lax charity legislation. Instead of representing their victims, far too many charities and lawyers seem far more concerned with preventing criminals being removed. If the Government does want to take control of the borders then it will have to confront the charity sector. The easiest way would be to amend the Charities Act so that human rights is no longer sufficient reason for a charity to operate. That would not only help prevent the continued coddling of criminals, but also reduce perceptions of political bias in the charity sector, restoring its reputation after years of public political and legal battles."
The Stark Naked Brief. on X - "This is the director of the "charity" that is helping illegal migrants thwart deportation. Her name is Charlotte Buckley and she has a masters from SOAS, London, no less. What you may know... The Home Office is inexplicably partnered with the charity, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BiD), to provide legal guidance to migrants. So our seemingly incompetent Home Office is in league with the very organisation that's seeking to undermine its own schemes. What you may not know... This charity also happens to be the same one that some of our immigration judges have worked at. Take Judge Melissa Canavan, who in April allowed a Somalian crack dealer to skirt deportation party because he was “naive.” She previously did casework for BiD. Or Judge Fiona Beach, who last month allowed a French criminal to avoid deportation, despite him spending 963 days in prison for weapons offences and Class A drug supply. She too worked for BiD. So we've also got judges ruling on deportation cases have also worked for the same charity. The word cesspit comes to mind..."
Judge who controversially allowed knife-wielding migrant to stay in UK was on pro-asylum charity board - "Fiona Beach declared Christian Quadjovie, 26, was not a threat to the public... Judge Beach, an ex-director at Asylum Aid who represented migrants for free on behalf of the Bail for Immigration Detainees charity. The decision has since been overturned after Government lawyers claimed her judgment was “made against the weight of evidence”. Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said Judge Beach’s apparent conflict of interest “undermines confidence” in the courts."
‘Britain can’t deport me’: Calais migrants vow to keep crossing Channel - "Asylum seekers told The Telegraph on Thursday that if deported back to France, they would return to Britain “again and again”. Buoyed by successful challenges from would-be deportees, several migrants said they were confident they could avoid being removed once they crossed the Channel by following legal advice given to them by British charities working in Calais... “The problem is the English dream,” he said. “For migrants, England is the dream. They assume it’s no problem to work there and you get the good life.”... Ali Al-Farars, an oil refinery worker from Basra, Iraq, claimed Britain’s imperial history justified his move to England. Iraq was a League of Nations mandate governed by Britain from 1921 to 1932... “Lawyers have told me that I will be accepted because I have committed no crimes,” he said. “[Care4Calais] told us our rights and what we will face when we get there. “We have many connections, many people and many law options to work on our cases when we are there.” He added: “England colonised my country, now England is responsible for us.”"
French police film migrants on their phones – but do nothing to stop them
The Modern Slavery Act was a terrible mistake - "When the Modern Slavery Act was first passed, the number of cases sent to the National Referral Mechanism were in the low thousands per year. But gradually, as Left-wing NGOs and claimant immigration lawyers realised this was an opportunity to keep illegal immigrants in the country, case numbers exploded. In the last six months, there were nearly 11,000 referrals. Three quarters are made by the immigration agencies... Tinkering with the precise definition of Article 8 will do very little. Push it very far, and the courts will declare the definition incompatible with the Convention. Do anything less, and the change will be unhelpful. Foreign criminals and illegal immigrants will continue to appeal using unqualified rights granted by other articles – such as Article 3, freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment – to frustrate their removal. And this is the truth. Any government that hopes to secure the border and deal with the problem of illegal immigration will only succeed with total and uncompromising change. All barriers to deportation must be removed. Every single legal right of appeal needs to go. Anybody who enters our country illegally should never – ever – be allowed to stay in Britain."
Convicted Algerian criminal is allowed to stay in Britain... because he would be mocked in his home country for dressing as a woman - "The 27-year-old, who claims to be transgender, has been jailed for robbery and committed multiple offences including burglary, theft and battery since being granted refugee status in 2013. In arguing against his deportation, the repeat offender, identified only as MS, claimed he would be targeted in Algeria because of his sexuality - described to a court as 'gay, transvestite and/or transgender'. And an asylum judge agreed, upholding his appeal against the Home Office's revocation of his refugee status... 'Between April 2014 and January 2015, [MS] received four convictions for offences including: burglary and theft; attempted burglary with intent to steal; using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provocation of violence; theft,' the tribunal heard. MS received a warning letter from officials in September 2015, after the decision was taken not to deport him due to Algeria's 'situation'. He received eight further convictions between May 2016 and June 2018 for offences including 'theft; resisting or obstructing a constable; failing to surrender to custody at appointed time and various driving offences'. In August of the same year, he was convicted for offences including theft and 'racially or religiously aggravated fear or provocation of violence in words or writing'. He was again given a warning letter in September 2018 after a decision was made not to pursue deportation, and after further convictions between December 2018 and January 2019 he was given more warning letters. In February 2019, he was issued 'administrative removal papers as an overstayer', following the expiry of his refugee limited leave to remain."
Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warn 100 women's rights groups : r/unitedkingdom - "'The point these groups are making is that just because a minority group is overrepresented (which may or may not be the case depending on data robustness) doesn't mean they commit a majority of the crimes.'
But no one is arguing that migrants commit a majority of crimes. It's about the representativeness of migrants as perpetrators in crime. It is incredibly important to study overrepresentation in datasets, and to give an example: in the United States, White Americans make up 50% of all racial groups killed by police, however Black Americans make up a disproportionate number (Washington Post). It would be fundamentally wrong to dismiss the deaths of Black Americans by police, by drawing attention to the fact that White Americans make up the majority of deaths by police - the 'overrepresentativeness' is fundamentally important. If you recognise that overrepresentation is important, why do you refer to "...the majority of crimes being committed by Brits"?"
Per capita is only important when it pushes the left wing agenda
Police boss 'silenced by Labour' after statement linking riots to 'mass immigration' - "A Conservative police commissioner says a minister pressured her over a statement she made suggesting “mass uncontrolled immigration” was a factor behind last summer’s riots. The minister, whom the police chief declined to name, reportedly said that the disorder following the Southport attack by Axel Rudakubana had “nothing to do with immigration”. Donna Jones, the police and crime commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, said the minister called her and asked her to take her statement down. Ms Jones said she believes this shows Labour is “out of touch”. She also warned that further protests will happen unless the Government tightens up immigration."
Migrant crisis: Home Office launches urgent probe into Aspen payment cards after hotel asylum seekers caught gambling with taxpayer cash - ""Asylum seekers" entering Britain are handed "Aspen" cards by the Home Office upon arrival, designed to be used to buy food, clothes or toiletries... some 6,537 asylum seekers have used Aspen cards in "gambling settings" over the last year across the UK. In the highest single week on record, in November 2024, 227 migrants tried to use, or used, the cards to gamble."
Revealed: Egyptian illegal migrant, 42, who raped woman in Hyde Park while living in the Hilton hotel is a convicted Islamic terrorist - "Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, 42, was found guilty in his absence of being part of a bomb-making cell in Egypt and given a seven-year jail sentence on May 5, 2015. He and six other men were said to have manufactured explosives in a safe house flat to carry out 'terrorist' acts such as the bombing of electricity pylons and gas lines. The Daily Mail can reveal that Abouelela, a member of the radical Muslim Brotherhood movement, escaped from Egypt before being convicted. He claimed asylum when he arrived in the UK in April 2023, and was housed in taxpayer-funded hotel accommodation while his application was considered. Abouelela was allowed to wander around freely and even posed for a selfie picture in January last year outside the Imperial War Museum North Museum in Trafford, Greater Manchester. Home Office officials spent 17 months pondering over whether or not to grant his asylum application, despite apparently knowing of his bomb-making conviction, before he raped the vulnerable woman in Hyde Park last November... Abouelela was staying in a four-star Hilton Hotel in Ealing, courtesy of the British taxpayer, when he carried out his attack... Abouelela is believed to have lived for periods in Malaysia and Sudan after he fled from Egypt, and apparently first claimed political asylum when he arrived in Turkey. He was detained for at least 72 days at Ataturk airport in Istanbul after his asylum request was reportedly turned down by Turkish authorities in early 2019. Abouelela desperately battled attempts to extradite him back to Egypt before Turkish authorities apparently relented and allowed him to stay in Turkey. In a video posted online during his detention, he stated in Arabic that he was a member of the Egyptian 'opposition' who had been detained for 72 days. He added: 'I don't know what will happen to me.' But social media posts by Abouelela and his LinkedIn profile suggest he was allowed to remain living happily in Turkey which has expressed staunch support for the Muslim Brotherhood in recent years... Abouelela faces automatic deportation under the UK Borders Act 2007 after serving his sentence for rape as he will have served a sentence of over a year in prison. But astonishingly, he could potentially manage to stay if he launches a successful legal appeal on the grounds that deportation would breach his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights or the UK's obligations under the Refugee Convention... The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928 and arrived in Britain around 60 years ago, although it remains a collection of loosely associated groups rather than a single entity. David Cameron's Government decided not to ban the movement in 2015, despite individuals 'closely associated' with the group having supported suicide bombing and other attacks in Israel by Hamas. Mr Cameron stated in a written reply to MPs that a Government review had found the movement was 'deliberately opaque, and habitually secretive', and characterised Western societies and liberal Muslims as 'decadent and immoral'. He added that parts of the Brotherhood had 'a highly ambiguous relationship with violent extremism' and had been 'a rite of passage for some individuals and groups who have gone on to engage in violence and terrorism.' Although the Brotherhood had stated its opposition to al Qaida, it had 'never credibly denounced' the terrorist group's use of the work of Sayyid Qutb, one of the Brotherhood's most important historic figures, he said."
We’re running out of time to stop post-Covid mass migration from becoming permanent - "My Shadow Home Office colleagues and I have repeatedly argued that the qualifying period should be extended from five years to ten, but that alone is not enough. No new visas should be issued to, no new settlement should be granted to, and settlement should be revoked from, those who have committed a crime, accessed state support, or are unlikely to contribute more than they cost. Those who have no legal way to stay here would then need to leave. That is how immigration works. Implementing these policies in full would save the British taxpayer hundreds of billions of pounds. It would relieve pressure on our public services and lay the foundations for an immigration system that genuinely works in the national interest. More than that, it would give effect to the democratic wishes of the British people by reversing a costly disaster that nobody voted for and that most people now acknowledge was a catastrophe. We have proposed these changes repeatedly in Parliament and each time we have been voted down by the Government, who wish to have it both ways. They love criticising the last Government’s record on immigration (and much of what they say is fair), but they refuse to actually undo it."
Matt Goodwin on X - "If you want to know how utterly insane the UK is right now read this: Last year, a man named Shahidul Haque, 55, who is on benefits, claims he is "disabled" because of "obstructive sleep apnoea" and depression, and cannot speak English, was moved into a retirement home in Berkshire. A retirement home. His rent? £110 a week. A few months later, he brought his 28-year-old wife and two children into the retirement home, claiming he did not know he was not allowed to do this because he cannot speak English and read tenancy documents. After the elderly neighbours complained about anti-social behaviour and sought his eviction, Shahidul Haque said he should not be evicted because it would be a breach of his "human rights". His lawyers are using the European Convention on Human Rights to try and prevent his eviction. Our "leaders" are giving foreigners who do not speak English subsidised housing in retirement homes for our elderly because they claim to have "depression". This is insane. This has to stop."
Migrant on disability benefits housed in retirement home with his family vows to use human rights to fight eviction... unless they are found a bigger home - "A Bangladeshi father of nine who receives disability benefits says he will fight against being evicted from a retirement home where he lives with his wife and young twin daughters - unless they are found somewhere bigger... Residents of the retirement complex in Reading, Berkshire, have complained constantly of 'excess noise' and 'anti-social behaviour' from the family, including the children repeatedly pulling the emergency cord and disturbing people living there. Officials at Southern Housing, who own the retirement complex, have told Mr Haque he has breached his contract agreement - and taken him to Reading County Court to claim back the flat. But lawyers for Mr Haque blame the misunderstanding on the fact that the Terms and Conditions of the tenancy agreement were never translated for him into his first language of Sylheti."
