… a case history.
The following is an extract and summary of the proceedings against just ONE illegal immigrant, who was discovered in 1993 and it took FIFTEEN YEARS to decide he should be locked up, then released and then locked up again. 
The case of Abu Qatada, aka Omar Mohammed Othman:
1. The appellant arrived in the United Kingdom on 16th September 1993 (when the Tories were in power) with his wife and three children on forged United Arab Emirates passports. He claimed asylum on arrival and was granted refugee status on 30th June 1994.
He was given four years leave to enter.
On 17th January 2001 the Secretary of State certified that he was a risk to national security and issued a notice of intention to deport.
The notice was not served at that time, because the appellant “went to ground“.
On 23rd October 2002 he was detained and issued with a certificate under section 21 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and served with the notice of intention to deport.
He appealed against it.
His appeal was dismissed by SIAC on 8th March 2004.
He was released on “immigration bail” (?) on 11th March 2005 and on the following day served with a Control Order under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.
On 11th August 2005, he was served with a fresh notice of intention to deport on the ground that his presence in the United Kingdom was “not conducive to the public good” and detained under immigration powers.
His appeal against the notice was dismissed by SIAC on 5th March 2007.
SIAC found that he was a threat to national security, principally on the ground that he encouraged other extremists to commit acts of terrorism by providing religious sanction for their deeds. He was found to have long standing associations with other terrorist groups, including Al Qaeda. He was also found to have ready access to money and false documents for the purpose facilitating terrorism.
2. In April 2008, his appeal to the Court of Appeal was allowed, on safety on return grounds. He applied for bail.
On 8th May 2008 SIAC decided that, in principle, he should be admitted to bail on stringent terms, including a twenty two hour curfew and a full package of restrictions upon his ability to communicate with others.
At that date, the Court of Appeal had refused permission to the Secretary of State to appeal to the House of Lords.
An application for permission to the Appellate Committee was outstanding. The Commission accepted that the grounds upon which permission was sought were arguable, but that it could not simply ignore what had happened in the Court of Appeal. The fact that he had succeeded in his appeal was treated as of very great significance.
Nevertheless, the Commission accepted that the appellant represented a continuing and significant risk to national security and that there was a current and significant risk of absconding.
3. The appellant was released on 17th June 2008 to live at an address with his family in West London. On the morning of Saturday 8th November 2008, he was (finally!) detained at his home and taken to Belmarsh Prison.
The Secretary of State contends that the Commission should conclude that, if he was readmitted to bail, he would be “likely to break any condition on which he was released”, so that the Commission should direct that he be detained under paragraph 24(3) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971.
Postscript:
The home secretary, Jacqui Smith (who?), said she was pleased that Qatada’s bail had been revoked:
“He poses a significant threat to our national security and I am pleased that he will be detained pending his deportation, which I’m working hard to secure.”
Qatada was taken back to Belmarsh prison in east London, but is expected to be moved to Long Lartin maximum security prison in the near future.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO GET RID OF THIS MAN FOR GOOD?
ARE OUR LEGAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS SO INEPT THAT IT TAKES 15 YEARS TO GET NOWHERE WITH THIS?
… and how much has it cost the taxpayer so far, ‘entertaining’ this parasite?
The situation beggars belief. Petition your MP until something is done.
