At least 60 Nigerians resident in the United Kingdom have
been deported because of various criminal offences.
PM news reports that
some of the deportees had contravened immigration rules.
While some were deported for their involvement in crimes
such as rape, stealing, smoking and selling of hard drugs, others used fake
visa or engaged in fake marriages.
Some of the deportees who spoke to newsmen on arrival at the
Murtala Mohammed International airport said they had lived in the UK for long
but could not get residence permit.
Narrating his experience, one of the deportees, Bathlomew
Sunday, an indigene of Anambra State,
southeast Nigeria, said he lived in the UK for nine years but could not
get residence permit.
Sunday said he had to engage in a contract marriage to
get the permit but was later caught by
the British immigration, which deported him to Nigeria
He said he was not allowed to take any of his possessions
before he was deported, adding that it was at the airport that he discovered
other Nigerians were also deported.
Sunday explained that the British government made it
difficult for immigrants, especially Nigerians, to get residence permit, saying
that they didn’t plan to stay there illegally.
Another deportee, Daniel Uche, who hails from Enugu State,
said the global economic meltdown has made it difficult to get jobs in the UK,
thus many Nigerians are struggling to survive.
Uche said there
are no jobs for foreigners in UK, and to
survive, many engage in shady businesses.
Also, Peter Nkwocha from Delta State said he travelled to UK
about seven years ago, but he was arrested
and later deported because he was wrongly accused of
rape.
Though he said he denied the allegation, he was arrested and
later deported when the British
authorities discovered he had a ‘contract’ marriage during investigation.
Sources at the Nigerian immigration office confirmed the
deportation, adding that the deportees are sorting themselves out in order to
go back to their families.
Culled from PM News
United kingdom is not it at all. Well the best is home ,Nigeria is the best place to be. U can do anytin and get away with it.
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad that so many good people will suffer for what others do that is NOT good. I feel bad that the people of Nigeria suffer because jobs are scarce. However, there is no excuse to commit an illegal act of any kind just because it is hard. There are people here in the US who do this same thing. They come and try to live and work and find that it's difficult without being married to a US citizen. But marrying someone just to gain status is not fair to the person involved (not unless it is a MUTUAL agreement). Then there are rules because the couple must live together and prove that they are in a "true" marriage in order for the foreigner to obtain status. I know it's hard (from personal experience); but being truthful and being patient is always the best way to go. That way there is no fear of punishment later.
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