'We're fed up with the cold weather and the NHS,' say asylum seekers trying to break OUT of Britain
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Last updated at 01:36am on 3rd May 2008
Illegal immigrants are leaving the country in search of warmer weather and better health care (file picture)
Failed asylum seekers are sneaking out of Britain - because they are fed up with the poor healthcare and bad weather.
Scores have been caught trying to break past border controls in recent weeks, according to immigration staff.
The majority of those who have been found are from Afghanistan and Iraq, said Les Williams, a chief immigration officer for the UK Border Agency.
He said: "One thing we have noticed recently is people trying to leave the country.
"We cannot explain exactly why they are trying to go, but when some of these people were questioned they said they wanted to go to a warmer country as they are fed up with the English weather and fed up with their treatment on the NHS."
Many of the illegals told him they planned to head for Italy after hearing rumours that the government would introduce an amnesty for
asylum seekers, he said in the interview with Police Review magazine.
Mr Williams said: "Italy was mentioned as a destination on several occasions."
A second immigration insider said he had stopped a group of four Iraqis trying to sneak out of the port of Dover.
He said: "There has been a big rise in the number of illegals we are catching sneaking out of the country."
"A group of four men from Iraq I stopped recently said they were sick of the rain and the cold and just wanted to get home or go to somewhere with a bit more sun.
"They also complained that they couldn't get appointments to see a doctor or a dentist. It's all a bit rich really."
When caught trying to breach the borders, fugitives cannot simply be let go. This because the Home Office needs to establish whether they are wanted criminals.
'We're fed up with the cold weather and the NHS,' say asylum seekers trying to break OUT of Britain
By JAMES SLACK - More by this author »
Last updated at 01:36am on 3rd May 2008
Illegal immigrants are leaving the country in search of warmer weather and better health care (file picture)
Failed asylum seekers are sneaking out of Britain - because they are fed up with the poor healthcare and bad weather.
Scores have been caught trying to break past border controls in recent weeks, according to immigration staff.
The majority of those who have been found are from Afghanistan and Iraq, said Les Williams, a chief immigration officer for the UK Border Agency.
He said: "One thing we have noticed recently is people trying to leave the country.
"We cannot explain exactly why they are trying to go, but when some of these people were questioned they said they wanted to go to a warmer country as they are fed up with the English weather and fed up with their treatment on the NHS."
Many of the illegals told him they planned to head for Italy after hearing rumours that the government would introduce an amnesty for
asylum seekers, he said in the interview with Police Review magazine.
Mr Williams said: "Italy was mentioned as a destination on several occasions."
A second immigration insider said he had stopped a group of four Iraqis trying to sneak out of the port of Dover.
He said: "There has been a big rise in the number of illegals we are catching sneaking out of the country."
"A group of four men from Iraq I stopped recently said they were sick of the rain and the cold and just wanted to get home or go to somewhere with a bit more sun.
"They also complained that they couldn't get appointments to see a doctor or a dentist. It's all a bit rich really."
When caught trying to breach the borders, fugitives cannot simply be let go. This because the Home Office needs to establish whether they are wanted criminals.
What are you whining about now? Shouldn't you be happy that illegal immigrants are leaving the country, rather than burdening the already overburdened healthcare system and social services?
I guess some people can never be happy.
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Re: asylum seekers trying to break OUT of Britain
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How very ungrateful
At least you quoted it correctly. Good job.
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This sounds like something out of The Onion. Like that article they ran awhile back about how illegal aliens in the United States were going back to their home countries in order to achieve their dreams of finding good American jobs.
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What are you whining about now? Shouldn't you be happy that illegal immigrants are leaving the country, rather than burdening the already overburdened healthcare system and social services?
I guess some people can never be happy.
You have a well developed sense of humour, yeah sure you have
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asylum seekers trying to break OUT of Britain
what planet are you on?
