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Migrants send our crime rate soaring

POLICE are struggling to cope with a wave of violent crime caused by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, one of Britain’s senior officers has warned.

CRIME IS TRUE

28.01.08, 4:35pm

Since I speak Polish I have been mixing with some recent Polish immigrants. And it is true that Polish criminals are in the UK. But I blame the goverment more than the immigrants. It is legal for them to travel to the UK and work here. But many arrive with inadequate preparation and are short of money to live on. Most landlords want a months rent in advance plus a bond and proof of income. Most employers pay at the end of the week or month. I have heard a first hand account from a lady who said she was shaking and crying, the first tme she stole bread from a supermarket when her money had run out and she was starving. Most of these people cannot return home permanently, unless they "make it" here. Since most people in eastern Europe know how easy life is in the UK.

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IT'S TIME TO SUPPORT THE BNP

28.01.08, 4:26pm

Only the British National Party can save thid country.
I think the Daily Express should be more brave and start supporting the BNP:much more people would buy it.

• Posted by: beppe74 • Report Comment

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MIGRANTS/CRIME...THEY GO HAND IN HAND

28.01.08, 4:24pm

Is anyone really surprised ?? ..... we were well warned ... we were not getting plumbers, joiners etc ..... we were getting gypsies, the uneducated, the socially unnaceptables, career criminals, drug takers and sellers, prostitutes...... and yet our "goverment" and I use the term loosely said that we needed them ! .... Ooooh yes, we needed them like we need a dose of the pox.

The only question now is how we are going to control and deal with them, if we can at all, remember "human rights" is still alive and well

• Posted by: Eddie • Report Comment

WHY DON'T THEY LISTEN ! ! !

28.01.08, 4:21pm

We keep telling this government,chuck them out,they forgo any human rights if engaged in any crime in this country, doesn't matter if we do not know where they came from, throw them out, let them go to France they are quick to send the here. Whoever they are they know where they have come from

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ALAN94 STATES

28.01.08, 4:03pm

" ..... many shops advertising "money transfers to india and pakistan arranged".

Absolutely. It's a way of transferring our taxes abroad via social security benefits. It's yet another massive con.
Immigrants enrich us eh?
Time to bring down the whole rotten LibLabCon-trick and vote in a party that will help us take our country back!

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TORY SETS THE STANDARD

28.01.08, 3:57pm

Well what do you expect when Tory MP Derek Conway gets caught stealing expenses, why not the sack and police action like in any other industry? If MPs get away with it its a free for all

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EASTERN EUROPEAN...

28.01.08, 3:32pm

I have them for neighbours through the wall and I could,nt help but notice how quiet it was when they went missing around new year...*WELL*...my heart sunk because the reason I knew they were back was because I could hear them...
Unfortunately a lot of them are just nasty liars...like our government.

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NULABS GREAT ACHIEVMENT

28.01.08, 3:30pm

King Philp of Spain, Napoleon, The Kaiser and Hitler all tried and failed. But this government has well and truly suceeded in shafting OUR COUNTRY.

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MIGRANTS

28.01.08, 3:17pm

everyone with any brains knows that lots of romanian immigrants are of gypsy stock, stealing and violent robbery are a way of life in their own country, but not many people have anything worth stealing over there. they arrive here and think they will be able to continue with this type of behaviour. they have to be stopped before it's too late.as for sending money home, one has only to go through a town or city with a large asian population to see many shops advertising "money transfers to india and pakistan arranged". how much of this has been paid out in benefits in good faith? the whole system is rotten to the core. when I think that I worked 51 years to provide this money it makes me want to scream.

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TOLD YOU

28.01.08, 2:48pm

Well they wouldn’t listen, immigrants enrich this country like acid enriches a scab.

• Posted by: Fedup • Report Comment

VIOLENT CRIME HAS SOARED.......

28.01.08, 2:41pm

You bet, what else did you expect.

For way over 10 years now at least there has been many, many thousands of individuals entering this country ILLEGALLY, having come from countries where carrying knives and guns is the norm, so why should we think because they have come to good old Great Britain, they will leave these weapons behind. Get real..........

This situation can only get worse. If you want some idea of how bad it will get don't be the least bit surprised in the coming years hearing how doorstop armed robbery is the latest increasing crime. We will have armed gunmen in large groups knocking on peoples doors gaining entry, helping themselves to everything they can carry and leaving in a stolen car in less than 5 minutes. No police will reach a house in that time. What a scarry thought, especially for the sick and elderly.

This Government needs to think outside the box, adopt a zero tolerance with punishments that deter even the serial burglar. Anyone caught being here illegally, put them straight on the next flight the very same day back to where they came from. If they refuse to give that information up, it's a one way trip to Iraq. If they are a UK citizen, then lock them up with hard labour, not TV's and kettles.

If this Government does not wake up before the next election, it's curtains for them..........

• Posted by: hope4you • Report Comment

MIGRANTS SEND OUR CRIME RATE SOARING

28.01.08, 2:37pm

In the absence of a talent show for immigrants to show off their abilities, it's the only way they can get on the telly, via Crimewatch, they commit so many crimes that you could put the show on every night.

• Posted by: Mike4224 • Report Comment

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PERHAPS IT'S GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY!

28.01.08, 12:55pm

Criminals have to spend the proceeds of their crimes. The victims (or their insurers) have to spend to replace their lost or damaged goods. Hospitals have to patch up injured and maimed. Undertakers bury the dead. There's increased police activity. There's the security and crime prevention industry, etc, etc.

Put it like that, you'll see that crime is a stimulus to economic activity. It's good for business. It's good for the economy. Therefore, let's have more of it!

You're not convinced, are you? No, I didn't think you would be. But that is always the argument put forward in defence of mass-immigration. It generates an increase in demand, in economic activity, therefore it must undeniably be good.

I don't believe. You don't believe it. The majority of the British people do not believe it. But all 3 wings (Lib/Lab/Con) of the ruling multi-party insist upon it.

Ditch the LiblabCon trick now, people, before it is too late.


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HI IRONSIDE

28.01.08, 12:51pm

Have you lost your way?
We dont usually see you here!
I am sorry I dont know Jane Tanners real name.
Just about to check the Madeleine site so might see you there.

• Posted by: abuela • Report Comment

SHOCKED AND STUNNED!

28.01.08, 12:40pm

This cannot be so. Our politicians tell us that these immigrants enrich us, pay disproportunate amounts of tax and NI, do the jobs us lazy Brits will not do, and make an enormous contribution to society,and that the economy would grind to a halt without them.
Or put another way, with 684 Brits leaving the country every day, and at least double the amount of immigrants coming the other way, the marxists are slowly but surely replacing the electorate.

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