Ethiopian born Binyam Mohamed arrived in Britain in 1994 aged 16 seeking asylum which was refused, but he was given the right to remain until 2004. According to the Telegraph, he worked as a caretaker in a north London mosque while studying electronics and it appears he was housed by a London council as, when he left here in 2001, he sub-let his home and that is against council housing rules.
He left here and travelled to Pakistan and Afghanistan, after converting to Islam, to 'conquer his drug problems and to see Muslim countries with his own eyes' according to friends but he admitted he had received paramilitary training at the al Farouq training camp (reference Wikipedia). He was arrested, by Pakistani authorities, at Karachi airport in 2002 attempting to fly back to Britain using a false passport.
Is a caretaker of a mosque paid enough to fund a drug habit as well as cover his living costs? Did Mr Mohamed receive any benefits to help with living costs? Where did he get the money to go on an extended 'holiday' to Pakistan and Afghanistan? The flight alone isn't cheap. Why would anyone with a drug habit go to a Muslim country for 'assistance' with it? It's well documented Muslim countries are much less tolerant of such addictions than the west. Mr Mohamed has no family in Britain but his sister is a US citizen and he has a brother Benhur who lives outside Britain.
It's difficult to find the total cost of this case to the British taxpayer so far, but it can be assumed it's into the million bracket and this is only the beginning. Mr Mohamed has done his homework regarding his human rights and it sounds as if he intends to seek compensation from the UK government for their involvement in his alleged mistreatment. The human rights lawyers must be rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of all the lovely money rolling in from this case, our money of course because it will all be funded by legal aid. Think of how many pensioners' lives could have been saved this winter with this amount of money, it could have helped them keep warm instead of dying from hypothermia.
His lawyers are insisting Britain owes Mr Mohamed and should provide a comfortable life for him. I disagree. We have already brought 10 UK residents back from Guantamo and 2 men who have refugee status (Times).
One MP, Tory backbencher Philip Davies, spoke out yesterday and perhaps spoke for many more than himself,when he said, "Why on earth we should be taking in this chap? If he was a UK citizen, fair enough. But he's not and only happened to be living here for a few years.
'We also don't know if this chap is a risk. If he is a danger then is he putting people's lives at risk, let alone the huge cost of the police and security services monitoring him?"
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Interesting the blown economy is back on the headlines. Furthermore The BBC have picked up on the Glenrothes fiddled ballot!
It is indeed. This man Mohamed gave them some breathing space yesterday though - possibly to organise this week's spin.
Guido's picked up on it too Oldrightie (but I think you know that because you commented on it). We need to keep it in the public eye.
The west has gone mad - MAD AH TELL YE!
Scunnert, yer no telling me sumit eh dinnae ken.
It's scarey.
Why no more comments on this post? Is everyone thinking whatever they say will be constructed as racist?
We're permitting these people, who have gone through many countries without claiming aslyum, to come here and now to sue is courtesy of the Human Rights Acts.
When you consider our Forces aren't covered by the Human Rights Act when they're fighting outside of the Uk, it makes a total mockery of laws.
It is nonsense like this that makes me wonder why I describe myself a left of centre.
This and Polly Toynbee and the Labour Party and Nesferatu Murphy and snouts in the trough Labour politicians and innumerate Chancellors who become unstable Prime Ministers and och I cannae be ersed writing more.
Good Night all
and one last go
and Jack Straw, who is hiding his own culpability over his involvement in invading Iraq, by refusing to release Cabinet minutes.
and Tony Blair, may he burn in Hell for an eternity, even though I am a humanist.
Faux Cu, I'm a humanist too but concur with your comments.
How can Jack Straw be permitted to get away with this? I've emailed my MP but I expect the answer will be, although he is against it, there are too many for it.
Shame on the tories, shame on them.
I'm going to email David Cameron now because I'm so angry.
His sister is over here bleating on his behalf.
Not only will this foreign personwith no ties to our country be getting the full raft of benefits, he will slso be getting a tsunami of 'support' from fake charities denied to our own people ( in which I include integrated migrants and their offspring ).
Aye she is and her stay will be paid for by some charity too I expect. These cases show how low we've come as a respected country. The US must be laughing their heads off at how easy it's all been - and created a fracas about private papers at the same time.
Another good move by labour - towards destroying themselves.
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