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25th March 2011 #1
My Big, Fat Fake Wedding
Oh dear ... I've just finished watching this 'Panorama Special', which I'd been looking forward to all week - ever since a friend had informed me it was being screened tonight.
But what a shambles it turned out to be! The filming on location, was diabolical ... with the camera consistently ing about like a drunken kangaroo ... to the extent that, if I hadn't closed my eyes - to stop me feeling dizzy - and several times almost dozed off, I'd surely have "thrown-up"! And the sound quality - even for folk with normal hearing - was pathetic to say the least!
Despite the cost involved in sending undercover teams on a "wild goose chase" ... up and down the M1 between London and Coventry - as well as to the Spanish island of Majorca - the programme seemed to have solved nothing and amounted to a sheer waste of taxpayers' money!
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Glad to hear I didn't miss much.
I deliberately didn't watch it, as it would have adversely affected my blood pressure.
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There was me thinking after I read Arthur's thread heading, he'd finally seen the light and became a ranter, just like a select few here
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... we shall see ... !
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I disagree Arthur - I thought other than the sending of a crew to Spain it was licence payers money very well spent in producing a programme that exposes yet more aspects of our flawed and abused immigration system to the wider public. I just hope the authorities have arrested the participants shown - two sham marriage fraudsters, Mr Ali a dodgy Asian solicitor and his staff, a Romanian prostitute and an E European pimp/gangster.
The filming was shaky because much of it was undercover.
For those who missed it look here to view or download http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode..._Fake_Wedding/
BBC's write up
It should be the most romantic day in any couple's relationship, but every year hundreds of weddings take place where often the bride and groom barely know each other, and will rarely ever meet again. These are sham marriages - a way for desperate immigrants to stay in the country illegally by paying to marry a stranger with an EU passport.
In this Panorama Special, reporter Richard Bilton exposes a lucrative - and growing - industry. Posing as a wedding photographer, he films a sham wedding and reveals the real human cost at the heart of it; he investigates an Eastern European gang that charges 8,000 pounds to supply teenage prostitutes as bogus brides; the immigration solicitor who will prepare the legal paperwork for sham couples; and he discovers how even the Church of England has been a target of bogus wedding fraudsters.
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I did not see all, but interestingly I did see the part where it was confirmed that the COA will not longer be needed as of April 1st 2011
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The Immigration Minister, Damian Green, states that UKBA investigation and subsequent enforcement will show criminal gangs that their crime does not pay
UKBA will essentially rely upon 'tip-offs' from those involved in the marriage ceremony process, or from Joe Public
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A stern looking Immigration Minister Damian Green said they would be "educating and working with the Registrars and Anglican Church". The whole sorry issue is here
http://www.publications.parliament.u.../111/11110.htm
The Government's objective
Tackling sham marriage is a top priority for the Government. We are not currently anticipating a single measure to replace the Certificate of Approval scheme. Instead we are pursuing a range of actions and measures which together we believe will form an effective response to the problem. We are investigating suspected abuse and where possible, will disrupt marriages before they take place. We are working closely with civil Registrars and members of the clergy to identify potential suspicious marriages at the earliest opportunity and prevent these marriages from taking place.
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25th March 2011 #14
And yet after I told the UK Border Agency about my now ex wife married me only for money, and a visa to work here, they have as yet done nothing
Mick.
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Obviously she must have been 'desperate' like the crooks mentioned above, so UKBA felt sorry for her....just as the rest of us taxpayers in this overcrowded island are supposed to.
Once again born and bred Brits are expected to lie down and submit while being shafted from all angles by cunning lowlifes from failed countries.
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Mick email Damian Green greend@parliament.uk
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Mick just to ensure they give their full attention to the matter cc it to your MP and the Home Secretary mayt@parliament.uk
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25th March 2011 #20
yes damn court of human rights , COA was used to catch some illegals who were in hiding and tried to wed a european to stay here
its time britian had a sovereignty law and no european law can overide it.
why dont they get married in thier own country ?? becuase many cant even get their future spouse into their own country, foreign student or overstayer with no valid visa and they wouldnt get back in the uk if they left to wed
the flood gates will open now with sham marriages
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There's a thought.
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Mick, your ex wife's visa was good for 2 years, divorced or not she is able to live and work here.
If in the meantime if she is able to find another hapless soul to marry and ripoff, she can, it's all perfectly legal, whether it's morally right is another matter.
This was done by the ex, only problem was, she choose a non British, shame
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Last edited by Dedworth; 25th March 2011 at 17:04. Reason: grammar
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No curtailment in my case, Mick. Not that im bothered now.
I was worried it wld effect Jane's application with her still being here. Needless to say, it wasn't.
I get the distinct impression they don't give a damn, bigger fish to fry and all that
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