Beorn
07-27-2009, 04:01 PM
The Home Office has released a report which states that the “benefits system” and the “existence of already established minority ethnic communities” are some of the biggest draw cards encouraging the illegal immigrant flood into this country. The report, titled “Organised immigration crime: a post-conviction study” and dated July 2009, has also confirmed the accuracy of the dangers of recruiting foreign nationals to work at overseas visa clearing offices, as reported earlier on this website (http://bnp.org.uk/2009/07/pakistani-nationals-recruited-as-immigration-decision-officials/).
According to the Home Office, demand “for entry to the UK from a wide range of world regions is significant and potential migrants will go to some considerable lengths and expense to get to the UK.”
http://bnp.org.uk/files/2009/07/table-of-fees-smuggling.jpg
This demand is predicated, the report continued, “on a set of features that make the UK particularly attractive to migrants including: the health of the illegal economy, the existence of established Minority Ethnic communities, the universality of the English language and the UK’s comprehensive healthcare and benefit systems.”
The report confirmed that there are a large number of criminal organisations which specialise in bringing illegal immigrants into this country.
“Many organisations operate within discrete ethnic or immigrant communities, though cross-ethnic arrangements do exist and casual employees are sometimes recruited from outside the principal ethnic group,” the report said.
”Many of those involved in the market for facilitation are likely to have been (illegal) immigrants themselves at some stage. Others have diversified into facilitation from legitimate business activities.
“The perceived benefits of entering the UK are based on an assumption that UK immigration policy and immigration controls are relatively lenient. Similarly, the smugglers and traffickers themselves perceive that the risks of detection are low and that, if caught, sentences will be less harsh than for other offences, particularly drug smuggling,” the Home Office said.
In addition, the “cultural and language barriers that contain many immigrant communities are believed to offer considerable protection from investigation and enforcement” — in other words, the refusal of the already existing non-British communities to work with the police is another reason why the illegal immigration racket can continue.
The report pointed out that there is a serious problem with corruption at visa issuing offices within the civil service. “Corruption and bribery were mentioned by a range of interviewees involved in both smuggling and trafficking as a means of smoothing the passage into the UK. This might occur within the originating countries, transit countries or in the UK,” the report stated.
“As well as providing passports, smuggling and trafficking organisations were involved with the procurement and/or production of other forms of documentation for facilitated illegal entry or settlement in the UK, such as bank account details, criminal record checks, letters of recommendation, offers of accommodation etc.
“This would include the development of packages for presentation to Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates. Such packages would particularly apply to the application for false business visas,” the report said.
“In some cases it was claimed that current policies would ease the process of application, for example that political pressure to reduce asylum claims had resulted in the processing of false or duplicate applications.
“Corrupt language colleges in the UK were reported to support bogus applications for student visas for a fee. Once the visa has been granted, students enter the employment market and make no appearance at the college.”
* In other words, the British National Party is right: the primary problem is the immigration and asylum policy pursued by successive Tory and Labour regimes.
The entire Home Office report can be downloaded here (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs09/horr15c.pdf).
Source (http://bnp.org.uk/2009/07/home-office-report-confirms-that-government-policy-is-the-cause-of-invasion/)
According to the Home Office, demand “for entry to the UK from a wide range of world regions is significant and potential migrants will go to some considerable lengths and expense to get to the UK.”
http://bnp.org.uk/files/2009/07/table-of-fees-smuggling.jpg
This demand is predicated, the report continued, “on a set of features that make the UK particularly attractive to migrants including: the health of the illegal economy, the existence of established Minority Ethnic communities, the universality of the English language and the UK’s comprehensive healthcare and benefit systems.”
The report confirmed that there are a large number of criminal organisations which specialise in bringing illegal immigrants into this country.
“Many organisations operate within discrete ethnic or immigrant communities, though cross-ethnic arrangements do exist and casual employees are sometimes recruited from outside the principal ethnic group,” the report said.
”Many of those involved in the market for facilitation are likely to have been (illegal) immigrants themselves at some stage. Others have diversified into facilitation from legitimate business activities.
“The perceived benefits of entering the UK are based on an assumption that UK immigration policy and immigration controls are relatively lenient. Similarly, the smugglers and traffickers themselves perceive that the risks of detection are low and that, if caught, sentences will be less harsh than for other offences, particularly drug smuggling,” the Home Office said.
In addition, the “cultural and language barriers that contain many immigrant communities are believed to offer considerable protection from investigation and enforcement” — in other words, the refusal of the already existing non-British communities to work with the police is another reason why the illegal immigration racket can continue.
The report pointed out that there is a serious problem with corruption at visa issuing offices within the civil service. “Corruption and bribery were mentioned by a range of interviewees involved in both smuggling and trafficking as a means of smoothing the passage into the UK. This might occur within the originating countries, transit countries or in the UK,” the report stated.
“As well as providing passports, smuggling and trafficking organisations were involved with the procurement and/or production of other forms of documentation for facilitated illegal entry or settlement in the UK, such as bank account details, criminal record checks, letters of recommendation, offers of accommodation etc.
“This would include the development of packages for presentation to Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates. Such packages would particularly apply to the application for false business visas,” the report said.
“In some cases it was claimed that current policies would ease the process of application, for example that political pressure to reduce asylum claims had resulted in the processing of false or duplicate applications.
“Corrupt language colleges in the UK were reported to support bogus applications for student visas for a fee. Once the visa has been granted, students enter the employment market and make no appearance at the college.”
* In other words, the British National Party is right: the primary problem is the immigration and asylum policy pursued by successive Tory and Labour regimes.
The entire Home Office report can be downloaded here (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs09/horr15c.pdf).
Source (http://bnp.org.uk/2009/07/home-office-report-confirms-that-government-policy-is-the-cause-of-invasion/)