Friday, 9 October 2009

The Bulge In The Carpet's Getting Bigger...

..the one Labour is quietly sweeping all those tricky asylum cases under, that is:
The Government has 'quietly' relaxed immigration rules to help clear a backlog of asylum claims, it emerged last night.

Ministers have changed Home Office guidelines in a move which could see 40,000 previously ineligible foreigners being given indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
They know they're going to lose the next election. So why not plough up the fields and sow them with salt before they go?

And who suggested this? Step forward Matthew Coats, senior UKBA officer.

You remember the UKBA, don't you? It was yet another Frankenstein monster cobbled together by the mad Dr Brown, made up from bits of Customs, Immigration and the Visa office. Meant to do a better job, keep us safe, secure our borders, etc.

Well, here's how seriously they take this responsibility:
A leaked memo written by a senior official at the UK Border Agency (Ukba) suggested the change because there would be 'difficulties' in deporting them to their home countries.

It was sent to Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, and Phil Woolas, the Immigration Minister, who signed it off.
I wish I had a job like Matthew Coats, where you could be forgiven parts you didn't want to do:'Please boss, it's too difficult and tiring. Can I just skip the bits I don't like?'
Mr Woolas said he was 'confident' the backlog would be cleared by 2011.
Doesn't matter much to you if it isn't, does it Phil?
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7 comments:

  1. Oldrightie9 October 2009 at 12:11

    Damien Green had a pop at this issue and got hauled through Labours' cess pit for his troubles. Salt on the fields it certainly is. Mind you, eventually that does become rich and fertile if farmed properly and SAVED for!

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  2. tolkein9 October 2009 at 12:24

    More likely, they expected that they couldn't get the cases through the courts. Blame the lawyers is what I say.

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  3. JuliaM9 October 2009 at 12:33

    "Damien Green had a pop at this issue and got hauled through Labours' cess pit for his troubles."

    Indeed. Wonder how he feels now?

    "More likely, they expected that they couldn't get the cases through the courts. "

    Now, that's a distinct possibility..

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  4. Quiet_Man9 October 2009 at 13:03

    Easier to fiddle the figures than actually do something about it.
    Doubt much is going to change until the "revolution" hits anyway.

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  5. Anonymous9 October 2009 at 16:57

    Bastards!

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  6. James Higham9 October 2009 at 21:09

    After the quote, I was thinking that and then you said it:

    They know they're going to lose the next election. So why not plough up the fields and sow them with salt before they go?

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  7. Anonymous10 October 2009 at 00:22

    Of course, things would be completely different under a Toyr government...ahem...

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