From UK DAILY EXPRESS
TOLD TO LEAVE 4 TIMES - BUT MIGRANT STILL GETS A HOME
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.
Ministers must act to reform the way these cases are dealt with
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Jonathan Isaby of the TaxPayers’ Alliance
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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.”
