Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Tony Blair Shoots Hole in Home Office Defence on Beshenivsky Killer

Tony Blair just made a big error during PMQs, which may have a bearing on the Home Office's investigation into the shooting of the woman police officer in Bradford, Sharon Beshenivsky. During PMQs he said that under the 2002 Asylum Act the Government put into law that any convict receiving a sentence for longer than two years would then be rendered ineligible for asylum. How does he square that with the Somali Mustaf Jamm who had a four year sentence but was not deported because Somalia was considered too dangerous for him? I hope my colleagues in the lobby will take that one a little further!
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5 comments:

  1. EdwardMay 03, 2006 12:32 pm

    I'm sure anything written by the Home Office at the moment is illegible but do you mean the convicts would be ineligible for asylum?

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  2. BondWomanMay 03, 2006 2:23 pm

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  3. AnonymousMay 03, 2006 3:22 pm

    When an immigrant (whether Asylum Seeker or not) commits a serious crime, why should we give a toss about whether the country they came from is a "functioning state"? If you don't show respect to the country which is granting you a new start - why should it continue to look after you?

    Think of it this way: If my house burnt down and a neighbour kindly agreed to put a roof over my head - would that neighbour be wrong to throw me out on to the street if I became violent or smashed up their home? Should they care where I end up after that? Of course not.

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  4. AnonymousMay 03, 2006 4:21 pm

    Perhaps his council house didn't have enough, crack dens bedrooms or colour tv's essentials.

    They should have a choice;
    a) fuck off go on the plane,
    2) fuck off go on the boat,
    3rd) packed into a container ship and dropped into the Pacific Deep.

    I know it seems harsh...

    and strikethroughs are much funnier than italics

    regards

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  5. AnonymousMay 03, 2006 5:46 pm

    Tom, Jamm is wanted in connection with the murder of PC Beshinevsky, hasn't been arrested for that as the Police are still looking for him to "help with enquiries".

    What he had, prior to that murder, been arrested, charged, brought to Court, convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment for are several offences of robbery, which is by definition a violent offence.

    He could and should have been deported for those offences. However, the Home Office was apparently rather more concerned about his safety than that of the British public, so he was not deported.

    It was stated last night on ITV News that 155 Somalis have been deported to Somalia during the period when Jamm wasn't - so quite what qualities he allegedly possessed that those people did not is something of a mystery.

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