Nigel Farage

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Migration Central has a Substack. It has a section called ‘About’ which explains that the Migration Central publications are produced by the Centre for Migration Control.

The Centre for Migration Control consists largely or wholly of one man, the Reform activist Robert Bates.

That "research" is from an anti migrant think-tank run by a Reform activist. In practice, police don't record migrant status of offenders in that way; they record nationality which is a different thing. Also, the research has been rebutted - this, as I'm sure you will scornfully see, is from the Guardian last month.

Are foreign nationals responsible for 40% of sexual crime in London?
Conservative Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, said on Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday that 40% of sexual crimes in London last year were committed by foreign nationals.
The claim was sourced from the Centre for Migration Control (CMC), a thinktank and blog that describes its purpose as “controlling and reducing migration to Britain”. It is run by the Reform UK activist Robert Bates.
CMC’s claims come from the Metropolitan police’s response to a freedom of information request. The Met issued a breakdown of the number of people who had been proceeded against – ie brought before a court – for sexual offences by nationality. This does not mean they have been found guilty of committing the offence as Jenrick said. For example, there were 14,242 defendants brought to court for sexual offences at magistrates courts in England and Wales in 2024, but 8,098 convictions, according to Ministry of Justice statistics.

“Some of the data we’re seeing is very striking,” Jenrick also said. “Afghans and Eritrean nationals are 20 times more likely to be convicted of a sexual crime than a British national.” The statistic about Afghans has been repeated by Reform UK’s chair, Zia Yusuf.
This is a muddled figure that also came from the CMC, after it submitted freedom of information requests to the MoJ. It is based on population statistics from 2021 but data on offences covering the years between 2021 and 2023. That means the statistic is likely to be based on a significant underestimate of the number of Afghan and Eritrean nationals in the UK – meaning the comparison with British rates is unlikely to be 20 times as high. Immigration to the UK from Afghanistan has risen significantly since 2021 because of the Taliban’s return to power, while Eritrean migration has also risen due to wars in Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia.
The Guardian contacted Jenrick for comment.

If you knew anything at all about the UK benefits system, including LHA, you wouldn't say that people come here for "our" benefits system because you'd realise how ridiculous that is.

I'm always puzzled by people asking why asylum seekers should pass through "safe" countries to come to the UK because brought to its logical conclusion, that argument says the UK should not take in any asylum seekers since we're an island. Either people don't realise that or they don't want to admit that's what they really want.

Simple. He’s saying what people want to hear. Most have lost confidence in the main parties, as they are just so clueless and hopeless.

He's an opportunist, but he talks the talk, which is why Reform are 20% ahead in the polls. 🤷‍♀️

Can you describe the luxurious aspects of how migrants are living?

'So how do you explain the BAME and women that think that he is so great?'

It's a version of being a 'pick me'. Most people capitulate before the dictatorship even comes to power. They submit believing that if they attain proximity to whiteness and misogyny and show themselves to be agreeable they will not only survive but benefit themselves.

Or the private health sector that provides services to the socialist NHS and rips off said socialist govt?

Don't you read any of my posts?

I run a healthcare business in the Private Sector - you know the Private Sector that pays taxes for this Socialist Government to squander

Oh great - if you don't like the message rubbish the source - OK.

So the Pakistani Muslim Rape Gangs that the establishment tried to cover up were just figments of some slutty girls' imagination?

Misogeny rules OK it seems.

Dodgy sources don’t convince me @themoonandtenbob.

Type your query into Ai OP, or spend half an hour on X.

But you won’t, you’re just being goady.

Do you work in the public sector?

Quoting “research” by an incredibly shady source there…

@blossomtoes "I’m very glad my country conforms with international law, it makes the UK population safe."

Safe ? My fat aunt !

https://www.migrationcentral.co.uk/p/up-to-third-of-sexual-assaults-committed

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia don't entertain migrants so why should we ??

Because they want to cherry pick the elements of EU membership that suit them. The rest of the Union is highly pissed off with them. I’m very glad my country conforms with international law, it makes the UK population safe.

@suitcasesarepacked "But it dawned on me you don’t really understand asylum, which is why Farage appeals to you. I’m sorry, but he’s getting a lot of mileage out of your ignorance"

I'll tell you what I do understand.

As a UK citizen and business owner I have been taxed up to the gills by this crappy government I can't afford to employ people any more because of the increases in NI and the Min Wage. (So much for all the crap about "not taxing working people"
I'm not living in a swanky house or driving a flash car but I'm paying my way (just)

So, I take strong exception to paying out any more of my hard-earned cash so the world-and-his-dog can freeload here. We have enough home-grown spongers without importing any more

Furthermore, I couldn't give two flying bollocks about International Law that seems to be loaded in favour of non-natives.

Poland, Hungary and Slovakia don't entertain migrants so why should we ??

@themoonandtenbob

No, not Uganda. And while I had those rights, the rest of my family did not. But I assume you would think they’re after feeebies and handouts, not driven to seek safety in a country where I - their family - lived.

I believe (but not sure) that 50% of asylum applicants are successful on first application. Bearing in mind that because there are no conventional routes (proven by Priti Patal) all of these applicants would have been forced to apply after coming here unconventionally.

Of the remaining 50% who are refused, 50% of them successfully appeal. So it’s a minority who are here without legal rights to be here - and those will be denied the right to stay.

But it dawned on me you don’t really understand asylum, which is why Farage appeals to you. I’m sorry, but he’s getting a lot of mileage out of your ignorance.

Absolutely garbage. Trump says things then when it's time to deliver he back tracks in record time.

And Farage would just be a TEMU version of Trump

@suitcasesarepacked "I also come from a country where lots of people fled persecution. I, however, had a British passport so was spared the trauma of boat crossings."

Uganda?

If you had a British Passport then that gives you certain rights such as the right to live, study and work freely, access to healthcare etc.

Unlike some that come here because they like our benefits and other "freebies".

Are you getting asylum and immigration mixed up? They are very different things.

If you’re going to be that literal then why stop there. Why not indignantly mention the French Revolution is over? 🤣

People coming from France NOW do not have a right to asylum unless they can make a case for persecution which might be tough.

A bit different during the French Revolution … which was a hypothetical point, not literal.

Very different if your’re coming from Gaza today.

I haven’t taken any asylum seekers into my home, but I don’t begrudge paying towards supporting them.

I also come from a country where lots of people fled persecution. I, however, had a British passport so was spared the trauma of boat crossings.

You would REALLY hate me.

Or maybe not; I’m white and speak English as my first language. That might be relevant.

I'm just following your argument.

People coming here from France, by your reasoning, have no right to asylum because they are not fleeing war and persecution in France. or anywhere in Europe.

Incidentally, how many asylum seekers have you taken into your home?

No I’m not saying that. If you think I am then it’s you who is being ridiculous.