British National Party UK Immigration News Bulletin w/c February 5, 2007
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1. 'LOST' ASYLUM SEEKER RAPES NORFOLK TEENAGER

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The Home Office came under renewed fire last night after it emerged it 'lost' a failed asylum seeker who went on to rape a Norfolk teenager.

The blunder increased the pressure on Home Secretary John Reid, whose department is struggling with a prisons crisis and concerns over the monitoring of sex offenders and the immigration system. Mr Reid succeeded Norwich South MP Charles Clarke as Home Secretary in May last year in the wake of revelations about the disappearance of thousands of unsuccessful asylum applicants and the failure to deport more than 1,000 foreign convicts. Yesterday, 30-year-old Bilal Darioglu, who arrived in Britain from Turkey on the back of a lorry, was jailed for five years for the sex attack on a 19-year-old in Yarmouth. The rape happened in October last year, months after officials let more than 100,000 people awaiting deportation slip the net. Last night the shadow immigration minister, Norfolk MPs and the judge who heard the case rounded on the Home Office. Darioglu had been denied successive asylum applications after arriving in the UK in 2000. He should have been deported in 2005 but went missing.

Last night a Home Office spokesman said: 'We always seek to remove failed asylum seekers as quickly as possible but on some occasions there are legal barriers which delay this.' Damian Green, shadow minister for immigration, said: 'This is another in a worrying catalogue of serious offences which could have been avoided.' South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon added: 'It's a vivid illustration of the real danger to the public if the asylum and immigration system doesn't work properly.'

Norwich North MP Ian Gibson said: 'There has been a lot of sloppy management over this situation. Its not tolerable and presents a real risk to the public. Somebody's head should roll for failing to carry out what should be an elementary job. 'It is an embarrassment, especially as we were elected on the back of a manifesto pledging to tackle immigration and crime.' His comments seem to confirm Dr Reid's assessment that his department is 'not fit for purpose' and come amid criticism about overcrowded prisons; a glitch which allowed murderers and sex offenders convicted abroad to work in British schools; and the revelation that UK police had lost track of 322 sex offenders. Jailing Darioglu for five years and placing him on the sex offenders' register for life, Judge Peter Jacobs said: 'It's quite clear you should be deported. As to whether that will happen others will decide.' Matthew McNiff, prosecuting, said Darioglu was living in Yarmouth when he picked up his victim in the early hours of the morning.

He drove her to another part of the town and raped her in the back of his car. Mr McNiff said that at the time of the offence Darioglu was aware all his appeals against claiming asylum in this country had been rejected in November 2005 and his claim was found to be 'totally without merit'. He said: 'He was to be deported but it would appear the Home Office immigration service was unable to find him.' Edmund Vickers, mitigating, said Darioglu had come to this country aged 22. 'Despite being an illegal immigrant he has always worked in this country in pizza shops and has never claimed benefits,' he said.

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2. INDIANS LAUGHING ABOUT 'COLONISING' BRITAIN

http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=220549

 I THINK it’s time we took over England. Seriously. They need us. And I think they have even started acknowledging it themselves. Like I was in the UK a couple of weeks back. In Surrey actually, staying at a lovely little bed-and-breakfast on the banks of the muddy Thames. In fact, I was there on the day of the storm, when the UK experienced gale force winds (which had nothing to do with the goings on at the Big Brother house as I was later informed) at some ridiculous miles per hour. My hotel even had a power cut that night, but, hey, that’s another story (which, incidentally, has nothing to do with the recent BMC elections). I was ferried around by a cheerful Afghan who sympathised with me and my brethren for the racism we undoubtedly faced in our everyday lives. But, hey, even that’s another story. What I really want to tell you about is this astounding piece of inside information that I picked up: The Brits need us. Desperately. This I came to know when I landed at Heathrow.

I walked about for a mile inside the terminal and didn’t see a Brit. Only Indians. Even the guys at immigration. Only Indians. But not our desi version. These Indians were a little, well, ‘foreign’. Stern looking Indians in smart uniforms and strange stiff upper lip accents. Which was a bit like watching Sholay dubbed in English. 'Right, old chap. So how many of you did you say you were?' Same fellows why we don’t bring to Indian immigration, I don’t know, but hey, that also is another story. Anyways, fortunately the cabbie in the wonderful old London cab that took us to our hotel was a Londoner. But after that I have to say it was Indians (and the occasional Afghan or Pakistani) almost all the way. And in the short time I was there (two days) I quickly figured out why they need us. To work. See, the Brits don’t have maids. They have washing machines and vacuum cleaners. But, I have to tell you, even with micro-chip technology and all that guff, it’s damn difficult to teach a spin dryer to sit at immigration. Or to sell newspapers. Or to make Balti Chicken. Achcha, and the other thing is the food.

Without good homemade Indian food the Brits will starve. Like, I tried their fish and chips. And I tell you straight to your face, I don’t blame them. Even three-day-old Indian cardboard tastes better than golden fried cod. Which I think also explains why the English never smile. Even at their own jokes. I mean it’s depressing. But now they are learning slowly, slowly. Already we have given them a little Balti Chicken and the corners of their upper lip have begun to twitch. So if we let them graduate to Bombil Fry imagine the dhamaal! Or what about some good Mangalorean Kori Rotti? Speaking of which, I am thinking that for the best colonisation of England, we should first export a few Shettys. And not just some pretty Bollywood types but the hard core ones who come with Restaurant and Bar after their name. I mean that should really change the face of England. Like imagine: Trishna-on-Thames Restaurant and Bar (no smoking and spitting, only dancing up to 11 pm). After the Shettys we should send them a few Shindes and some Gangulys and Tiwaris. And one or two Billimorias only for taste because we cannot afford too many of those. Throw in a few of our bureaucrats, bank tellers and cricketers and the bloody Brits will be loving it. And I think England will be well on its way to being the second best Indian city in the world. Second only to Dubai.
Postscript: And the sun will never set on the Indian Empire.
(You can contact the columnist at adipochas@yahoo.com)

3. 70 ARRESTED IN IMMIGRATION RAIDS

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 Seventy people have been arrested in late night raids on Indian restaurants as part of a major investigation into an alleged illegal immigrant employment racket. Among the businesses raid by the Police and Immigration Service were those belonging to Nighat Awan, a British Pakistani who runs a successful chain of restaurants called Shere Khan and who is said to be friends with Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie. Awan, dubbed ‘Curry Queen’, has built up a fortune of £35 million and is a close ally of former foreign secretary Jack Straw.

She is a friend of Cherie Blair and has thrown garden parties for the first family at her home. She has been decorated with an OBE for her export and overseas charity work and last year was appointed head of a Department Trade and Industry-backed group to support black and ethnic minority businesses. Police officers carried out simultaneous raid across the country as well as storming the Awan family £3.5 million mansion in Cheshire and spoke to Awan as they searched the premises.

Neighbours told one newspaper they saw documents and computer equipment being taking away. Awan’s husband Rafique was out of the country. The first Shere Khan restaurant was set up by Awan’s 65-year-old husband in Manchester’s famous curry mile on Wilmslow Road in 1987. Since then Awan and his 51-year-old wife have expanded the business to a string of ten Shere Khan restaurants all over the country. Their restaurants in Liverpool, Manchester, Cheshire, Sheffield and Kent were all raided on Friday night. Awan, one of Britain’s richest businesswomen, has in recent years made Shere Khan a global brand by opening restaurants in Dubai and Japan, and expanded into the production of ready-made curry sauces and other Indian food for supermarkets.

The Awans’ company is now worth £300 million. 'We understand there is an ongoing inquiry into the employment and immigration status of a number of employees,' said the firm’s solicitor Michael Kenyon, who added that his clients were co-operating with the police. 'No member of the management team has been arrested or interviewed by the authorities,' said Kenyon.

4. INDIA THREATENS UK OVER IMMIGRATION LAWS

http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=38701

India has cautioned Britain that it would be the ‘loser’ if its immigration laws are not liberalised to allow freer movement of workers from the sub-continent nation. 'Short of permanent immigration, we are asking for freer movement of personnel who can render services abroad,' Finance Minister P Chidambaram told The Times. His comments come as many highly skilled Indians -- entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors and IT specialists -- find it impossible to stay in Britain since changes to a migrant programme in November. The changes to the Highly Skilled Migrants Programme, which was applied retrospectively, lays greater emphasis on earnings and education than work experience. 'Many knowledge workers could go abroad for three months, six months or a year and add to our exports, but they are constrained by a very restrictive visa regime and local tax laws,' Chidambaram said. Indians are the largest national group affected by the new rules. 'If a qualified professional from India is denied entry and that place is taken by a less qualified person from, say, Eastern Europe, surely the UK is the loser,' he said.

5. AIRBASE COULD HOUSE FOREIGN CRIMINALS

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Hundreds of foreign criminals who have completed their jail sentences in the UK but cannot be deported because they may be tortured or executed in their home countries could be housed in a prison at RAF Coltishall, it has been revealed. The latest news will send shockwaves through the local community, who were promised in November that if an immigration detention centre were built on the former airbase, it would not hold criminals. In fact it is the third suggested use for the site since the Home Office became involved in the autumn. They initially said they might build an immigration centre for people who had not been convicted of crimes in the UK, then last week the prison idea was put forward - and it is understood that the latest plan may well be announced officially later this week.

The prison would be used to take foreign criminals out of 'mainstream' prisons, freeing up spaces for other prisoners. The prison service is currently in crisis amid widespread accusations of incompetence and chaos in the Home Office. Today Mid Norfolk MP Keith Simpson said: 'The story that is leaking out of the Home Office is probably correct in its general assumption. 'This is being driven by a crisis within the prison system. 'The problem is RAF Coltishall looks like an easy quick fix for the Home Office.' His North Norfolk counterpart Norman Lamb said he has been left 'completely bemused' by the latest news. 'This is born out of crisis management and I have huge concerns on a number of levels, including the sustainability of any decisions being made in the Home Office in the current climate.'

6. LOCAL COUNCILS STRUGGLING WITH FLOOD OF PEOPLE FROM NEW EU STATES

http://www.24dash.com/localgovernment/15912.htm

Many local councils are struggling to cope with the flood of workers from EU accession states such as Poland and Lithuania, a Government watchdog reports today. The study by the Audit Commission says that some local and national organisations are unprepared for migration on such a scale. Although many areas are dealing well with the increase, there have been negative impacts such as a rise in homelessness in some places, the commission says. And it recommends that teaching migrant workers English would be the best way to ease the pressure of EU enlargement on local councils. This will help migrant workers to integrate properly with communities, learn about their entitlements and avoid exploitation. Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions quoted in the report show that 662,000 foreign nationals gained a national insurance number for the first time in 2005/06 - almost twice as many as in 2002/03. Foreign nationals made up 6% of the national workforce in 2006, up from 3.5% in 1996, the report says. Much of this increase comes from countries that joined the EU in 2004, with Polish nationals by far the biggest source for new national insurance number applications in 2005/06.

The commission's report, Crossing Borders - responding to the local challenges of migrant workers, says: 'National and local agencies were unprepared for migration on such a scale.' It says there has been a particular impact on housing, with a worrying rise in overcrowded properties in some areas. Migrant workers who fail to find accommodation and work are also helping to fuel a rise in rough sleeping, street drinking and squatting in some areas, because they are rarely entitled to benefits. In one example, the report says that accession-state nationals now comprise up to half the recognised street drinkers in one London borough, Hammersmith and Fulham. Nevertheless, the report says that economic studies also suggest that migrant workers are having a positive impact on the economy. And national and local surveys show that employers across the UK welcome the influx of cheaper labour. The commission says that the key to increasing the positive impacts is to improve communication and links with migrant-worker communities. This communication will be improved by better access to English classes, as many foreign workers are arriving in the country with limited knowledge of the language. Commission chairman Michael O'Higgins says: 'Migrant workers, most of whom are young and don't make excessive demands on public services, have brought economic benefits.

'The single most useful thing local agencies and employers can do is to make it easier for migrant workers to speak better English, so they integrate better with local communities and can understand public information more easily.' The report says that Government spending on English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) had doubled in the five years to 2004/2005. Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said: 'This report underlines why the Government was right to take a gradual approach to letting Bulgarians and Romanians come to work in Britain. 'It is essential that migrants wishing to live and work in the UK recognise that there are responsibilities that go with this. 'Having a good grasp of English is essential in order to play a full role in society and properly integrate into British life. 'From April 2 next year all those seeking to live in the UK permanently will have to pass English language and knowledge of life in the UK tests before being granted permanent settlement rights. 'This will bring them into line with the requirements for those seeking British nationality.' Responding to the report, shadow home secretary David Davis said: 'This reinforces what we have been saying, that immigration can be of real benefit to the country, but only if it is properly controlled, taking into account its impact both on the economy and the public service infrastructure.'