Out of control
WHO, if anybody, is policing the UK’s asylum system?
It is meant to offer sanctuary to refugees fleeing persecution and harm.
But it has become a means for waving in just about anybody with a dubious sob story because the Home Office doesn’t have the wit or resources to weed out those gaming the system.
The shocking example of Afghan Azizrahman Azrawal sadly comes as no surprise.
He claims to have been granted asylum because he was fleeing the Taliban thugs who took control of his homeland, yet he now uses Britain as a platform to raise money . . . for their fellow Taliban terrorists in Pakistan.
Revelations about Azrawal — who openly calls for the killing of those who do not share his warped Islamist views — come as the number of illegal migrants arriving in small boats surpassed 41,000 this year.
Only the most gullible, bleeding-heart liberals believe they are all really refugees.
The Home Office has no idea who they are or how many pose a threat to the people of this country.
But you can bet that more undesirables like Azrawal will be given leave to stay.
The system is a joke and it is genuine asylum seekers and the British people put in danger as a result.
St Nicked
IF the Chancellor hasn’t forced you to scrimp on Christmas presents this year and you are still looking for the last few, then good luck.
But spare a thought for retail staff facing a shoplifting epidemic as thieves do their own last-minute Christmas shopping . . . without paying.
The failure of police to tackle the crimewave means a record 810 such offences go unsolved every day and shoplifting incidents where no one is convicted have soared by 65 per cent.
It won’t be a very merry Christmas for shopworkers left in fear of abuse or violence, or for shopkeepers left to pick up the bill because of brazen villains who know there’s more chance of snow on Christmas Day than of them being caught.
Pup to no good
’TIS the season for unscrupulous dog breeders to cash in on their vile trade.
Christmas is a bumper time for pet sales, and charities warn that up to 80 per cent of puppies sold in the UK may come from unlicensed or poorly regulated sources.
So it is welcome news that puppy-farming — where dogs are bred on an industrial scale, in unhealthy conditions and taken far too young from their mothers — is to be outlawed in a major animal welfare shake-up.
It’s just a shame we can’t lock the cruel breeders up in their own kennels . . .
