A Polish woman in Northern Ireland, who killed her husband by repeatedly stamping on his head, cannot be deported because the UK’s most senior immigration judge ruled that she did not cross a seriousness threshold under EU law.
Theresa Rafacz only received 2 years in prison for manslaughter after she came home to her drunk husband, who was supposed to be looking after their 3-year-old, and lost control. EU citizens can only be removed from the country under ‘exceptional circumstances’, which apparently does not include spousal homicide.
Conservative MP Dominic Raab, a campaigner for change, told the Daily Telegraph: “It beggars belief EU law bars the UK from deporting people convicted of homicide offences, unless the government can somehow prove they are still dangerous. Brussels has whittled away our national border controls, undermining public safety and democratic accountability. If we can’t renegotiate this kind of issue with Brussels, public trust in the EU will continue to ebb and the clarion calls for Britain to leave will grow louder.”
Raab is right but it’s a point that the ruling half of his party doesn’t seem to get as they try to straddle the fence between being tough on the problems immigration brings; and yet still being good, big-tent EU members concerned for everybody’s point of view. The problem with that is that the price for concern is your own well-being.
British culture is being slowly overrun by external ones. While some immigrant cultures adapt fairly quickly, particularly by the third generation, others especially Islamic ones dig in and entrench themselves, holding on to that which made their mother country so undesirable in the first place.
The biggest reason for a slow controlled immigration process is so that incoming peoples can adapt to their new way of life. If the system opens the gates too widely, then the incoming cultures find no need to assimilate and form enclaves based on nationality, race, language and religion. For new people in any country it then becomes far more difficult to adapt and learn new ways.
EU rules mandate an immigration disaster. Every year thousands of Eastern Europeans leave homelands still reeling from 44 years of communism looking for a better way of life in prospering Western Europe. The UK is always a top target but will not remain as attractive if it is changed by overwhelming masses that hold onto old destructive ways.
It is precisely EU rules that make this impossible to address. Membership in the ‘community’ requires the acceptance of some very liberal immigration and work permit laws. Member countries do not get to tailor their guidelines to individual needs; rather they must accept a one-size-fits-all approach with politicians from other nations determining what is in the interests of the community at large. In case your wondering how that works out, just look at the disastrous results of some countries in the Euro.
Problems are not limited to, and indeed are not as severe, as those caused by immigration from Islamic countries. This is not principally an EU problem though other migrants do look to find their way to Britain via other EU members with softer immigration laws and porous borders. The former jungle migrant camp in Calais is a vivid demonstration of this.
There are only 2 foreseeable solutions. One is a simple EU exit. The other is to stand up and demand a renegotiated position. The politicians have talked tough at times (when they are not pandering), but seemingly none have actually attempted this. It takes a willingness to execute option A (withdrawal), which no British Prime Minister has been willing to do, in the event of failure.
Most of the electorate is not nuanced enough to tolerate a lot of slight-of-hand negotiation. If the problems mount, the call for withdrawal will grow louder, ultimately a call that cannot be ignored.
