Friday, 18 January 2013

UK TAXPAYERS pay for illegal Nigerian immigrant.

From UK DAILY EXPRESS

TOLD TO LEAVE 4 TIMES - BUT MIGRANT STILL GETS A HOME

Jonathan Isaby of the Taxpayers' Alliance
Jonathan Isaby of the Taxpayers' Alliance
Saturday January 19,2013

By Cyril Dixon

AN illegal immigrant from Nigeria who has been ord­ered out of Britain four times won the right yesterday to a council home and state handouts while she fights the latest bid for deportation.
The High Court ruled that the unnamed woman – along with her fraudster husband and three children – has the right to be supported financially by their local council.
Deputy Judge Robin Purchas QC said Essex County Council officials acted unlawfully when they refused to house the family during their court battle with the UK Border Agency.
The authority was judged to have breached their “human rights” in a case which has already cost taxpayers £200,000.
Last night, Jonathan Isaby of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: “A system that can allow someone living here illegally to stay in the UK for years on end while drawing benefits is clearly not fit for purpose.
“Ministers must act to reform the way these cases are dealt with – and if that means defying the European Convention on Human Rights, so be it.”
The court was told the woman came to Britain illegally 11 years ago before being joined by her husband and giving birth to their children aged between two and eight.
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Ministers must act to reform the way these cases are dealt with
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Jonathan Isaby of the TaxPayers’ Alliance
She made three unsuccessful applications to stay in 2010. In September that year the husband was sentenced to four months in prison for using false documents, and the family were ordered to leave by April last year.
They were housed temporarily in a caravan, but after a needs assessment, the council found last July that they could be properly cared for in Nigeria and ended their support.
The judge accepted the mother’s claims that she has a right of appeal under the European Convention on Human Rights.
An Essex County Council spokesman said: “We are currently considering the judgment including the question of appeal.”

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