You know there’s something very wrong with our country when stories of migrant criminals failing to be deported are a dime a dozen. Only last week, we heard about Lybian Khairi Saadallah, the mattress-eating career criminal who murdered three men in Reading after having his deportation delayed.
This time, our attention turns to an Iraqi paedophile known only as “MA”; we don’t know his real name thanks to an anonymity order. MA entered the UK illegally in September 2017 and just a year later was jailed for ten months for abusing a child and ordered to sign the sex offender register.
Before we continue the facts, let that sink in for a while. Just TEN months for sexually abusing a child! This poor human being will no doubt be traumatized and mentally scarred for the rest of their life, while this sex offender will merely be inconvenienced with a pitiful ten-month sentence, after which he will be free to prey on more children. Bear this in mind, as we’ll be addressing this shortly…
Back to the case, Home Office officials worked to deport MA after his sentence, and deportation papers were signed in 2019. But this time it wasn’t COVID lockdowns or impending charges which impeded the Home Office’s efforts, but human rights.
MA won a last-ditch legal bid to stay in the UK after telling an immigration tribunal he should be protected on human rights grounds “on the basis of his bisexuality” as he was at risk of “honour-based violence”. He also claimed protection under his right to a family life in the UK.
Despite government lawyers arguing that deportation was in the public interest given the offence committed and likelihood of reoffending, upper tribunal judge Therese Kamara backed the initial ruling. She told the appeal hearing: “The fear of persecution at the hands of his family owing to his sexuality is a relevant factor. As is the potential risk from the public, discrimination by the authorities [and] the absence of protection for LGBT people.”
The only logical conclusion we can draw is that our criminal justice system is more concerned with the Human Rights of non-citizens and migrants than the Human Rights of its own citizens. How a dangerous individual can be free to roam a country he entered illegally, even after sexually abusing a minor, should defy belief, but this is the level of power that protected groups wield.
Therese Kamara is more concerned about the abuse a convicted paedophile might receive in a foreign country than our children, who may now fall victim to this predator. She effectively gives anyone with protected characteristics a get-out-of-jail free card, and such a person isn’t fit to occupy a position of such responsibility.
The Homeland Party would impose much heavier sentences for sexual offences involving children – ten months in prison is a slap in the face to the child and their family. We would ensure quick and efficient deportation for any migrant who commits a crime, including entering the country illegally. Lastly, we believe the law should be applied equally and that protected characteristics give some citizens priority over other.
