Tag Archives: UK Border Agency

Nigerian sham marriage groom chooses ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ for bride he had met just ONCE to walk down the aisle

April 11, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

A Nigerian groom picked Celine Dion’s song The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face to walk down the aisle for a sham marriage to a woman he had met only once before. Leeds University masters student Jayeola Abiola, 29, … read more »

Posted in News, Nigeria, Pan African News, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A nation’s decency put to the test: decision due on transplant patient’s perilous removal to Nigeria

September 20, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The NHS saved Roseline Akhalu’s life. The Home Secretary is about to determine whether the Border Agency may end it. In 2004, Roseline Akhalu entered the UK legally on a student visa to study a Masters Degree at Leeds University. … read more »

Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Nigerian woman could die if deported from UK’

April 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Doctors have warned that a woman who is facing deportation to Nigeria could die within a month if the Home Office goes ahead with plans to deport her from the UK, where her life expectancy is good. Roseline Akhalu, 48, … read more »

Posted in Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Britain Vicar faces up to 14 years in jail for Sham marriages

February 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A parish vicar who conducted hundreds of sham marriages to help illegal immigrants stay in Britain faces up to 14 years in jail. The Rev Brian Shipsides charged £140 a time for the bogus ceremonies which were so popular couples … read more »

Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nigerian woman attends sham wedding of her partner to another woman in UK

January 27, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A mother-of-four attended her partner’s wedding to another woman – moments before assuming the bride’s identity in a sophisticated immigration scam. Illegal immigrant Esther Ogunrinde, 30, even took her daughter – one of the four children she had with the … read more »

Posted in News, Nigeria, Refugees/Migrants, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

124,000 Migrants ‘Lost’ By Border Agency

November 4, 2011 by benim

Border officials have lost track of 124,000 asylum seekers and migrants – a population the size of Cambridge, according a report. UK Border Agency figures showed that the number of cases “lost” had tripled from 40,500 in March. The Commons … read more »

Posted in Europe, Global Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Eritrea born Terrorist on London street in Pictures

September 26, 2011 by benim

A fanatical terrorist has escaped being thrown out of the UK because it would breach his human rights. Hate-filled Siraj Yassin Abdullah Ali, graded the highest possible risk to the public, was released after serving just half of his nine-year … read more »

Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

UK police seize record £300mn cocaine haul

August 3, 2011 by benim

Police have seized Britain’s largest ever cocaine haul, worth up to £300 million, from a luxury yacht which had sailed from the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday. The 1.2-tonne stash was found hidden under the bathing deck of the pleasure cruiser … read more »

Posted in Europe, Global Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

UK: African Sex attacker we can’t deport

August 2, 2011 by benim

A dangerous sex offender whose claim for asylum was thrown out eight years ago is still living in Britain – and costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds. Sarafa Salami, 48, was sentenced to four years in prison and … read more »

Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Togo, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Vicar arrested and church searched as police probe hundreds of ‘sham’ marriages

March 15, 2011 by benim

A vicar has been arrested after an investigation into 100 sham marriages. Immigration officers swooped on the home of Canon Patrick John Magumba after allegations that he staged dozens of bogus ceremonies. Investigators are examining claims that the 58-year-old churchman … read more »

Posted in Europe, Global Issues | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Britain to resume enforced return of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe

March 15, 2011 by benim

Britain will resume packing failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe, the Government said today. The move comes after asylum judges ruled there was no evidence that those being returned would generally be at risk of harm. But each case will … read more »

Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Gaddafi’s ‘Money’ Ship Escorted To UK Port

March 4, 2011 by benim

Officials have seized a ship reportedly carrying £100m worth of Libyan currency and escorted the vessel into a British port. It is understood the Sloman Provider was intercepted after being tracked to British waters when it aborted an attempt to … read more »

Posted in Article, Libya, News, North Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Ugandan lesbian wins temporary reprieve from deportation

January 29, 2011 by benim

Brenda Namigadde’s supporters say she faces great danger in Uganda, especially after gay activist David Kato was beaten to death this week. Photograph: Marc Hofer/AFP/Getty Images Lawyers for a Ugandan lesbian who was due to be deported from Heathrow amid … read more »

Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Eritrea Illegal immigrants found in lorry

January 20, 2011 by benim

A GROUP of would-be illegal immigrants were caught trying to enter the country hidden in the back of a lorry heading for Redditch. The five foreign nationals from Eritrea in Africa were caught after a sniffer dog alerted UK Border … read more »

Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, News, Refugees/Migrants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Nigerian groom and his gay rent-a-bride stopped at the altar

January 12, 2011 by benim

It was hardly a marriage made in heaven. She was a lesbian from Holland and he was a man from Nigeria, with no right to live and claim benefits in Britain. Until their wedding was over that is. But thanks … read more »

Posted in Europe, News, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sham wedding organiser married off his own GIRLFRIEND for money

January 12, 2011 by benim

Smiling for the camera, this photo shows Britain’s biggest sham wedding organiser moments after he had married off his own pregnant girlfriend for money. Vladymyr Buchak, from the Ukraine, recruited hundreds of paid brides-to-be from Eastern Europe who were married … read more »

Posted in Europe, Global Issues, Indepth Africa Magazine, News | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Three Nigerians in UK jail over college visa scam

December 15, 2010 by benim

Three Nigerians were yesterday jailed for a total of 18-and-a-half years for setting up a fake educational institution, called Bogus Colleges, to help illegal immigrants remain in the United Kingdom. The UK Border Agency’s London Immigration Crime Team, told the … read more »

Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment