Migration Watch

THE TRUE SCALE OF MIGRANT CRIME Mass migration to Britain has seen serious crimes like rape, assault and theft surge. In just the first 3 weeks of this year, 20 migrants have pleaded guilty to, or been convicted of, a serious crime. Full list below 👇 JANUARY 3RD: Afghan migrant Abid Sherzard, who arrived in Britain via small boat and was living in taxpayer-funded hotel accommodation, is found guilty of sexual assault after attacking a sleeping woman in London. JANUARY 5TH: Afghan migrant Sohail Amiri, who arrived in Britain via small boat and was living in taxpayer-funded hotel accommodation, pleads guilty to sexually assaulting two women and attempting to assault a third in Southampton. JANUARY 7TH: Kurdish migrant Osman Bahidiny is jailed for 8 years, 8 months for crimes including rape, burglary, theft, dangerous driving, and driving without insurance. JANUARY 7TH: Five Albanian migrants, Endrit Nikolli, George Lleshaj, Krisjian Dedndreaj, Kristian Gropcaj, and Sidorjan Lleshi, plead guilty to a spate of 44 burglaries across the UK. JANUARY 9TH: Indian migrant Asish Jose Paul is jailed for 14 months after repeatedly breaching bail to stalk a former colleague at London Zoo. JANUARY 9TH: Sudanese migrant Ahmed Mohammed, who claimed asylum in Britain in 2012 and has racked up 29 convictions, is convicted again of threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place after brandishing a knife at a Christian preacher. JANUARY 9TH: Algerian migrant Brahim Kaddour-Cheri, a convicted sex offender who was accidentally released from prison in October 2025, pleads guilty in court to carrying a knife and burglary. JANUARY 9TH: Yemeni asylum seeker Muqbil Al Dhaheri pleads guilty to sexually assaulting a hospital worker and urinating in front of members of the public. JANUARY 12TH: Kurdish migrant Mehmet Ogur, who arrived in Britain via small boat and was living in taxpayer-funded hotel accommodation, is jailed for 7 years after raping an 18 year old woman in a park in Tamworth. JANUARY 13TH: Albanian migrant Romeo Zani is jailed for 2 years after illegally entering Britain for the fifth time. Mr Zani has previous convictions for money laundering and dealing drugs. JANUARY 14TH: Algerian migrant Munir Ghilas is jailed for 18 months for a lengthy crime spree in London, stealing laptops and passports. JANUARY 14TH: Two Romanian migrants, Ion Zaharia and Samir Barbulesteanu, are jailed for 4 years, 3 months and 3 years, 6 months respectively for a spate of burglaries in Cheshire which they began just hours after arriving in Britain. JANUARY 14TH: Indian migrant Sovamsing David Muivah is jailed for 9 years after being found guilty of four counts of sexual assault. JANUARY 15TH: Albanian migrant Sadik Marku is jailed for 18 months after being caught operating a cannabis farm. JANUARY 20TH: Albanian migrant Liridon Kastrati is jailed for 10 years after crashing his car into a police vehicle and attacking a police officer with a chainsaw.

It's gone from "We need immigrants for our economy" to "We need immigrants so we can give them benefits"

We took in hundreds of thousands of child dependents who were - by our ridiculous definition - in child poverty (care worker salaries < 60% median income) the moment they landed on British soil, and now we must give them permanent residency to get them out of ‘poverty’. Farcical.

@ZiaYusufUK If Labour cannot pass even these minor migration reforms, and millions of people from the so-called "Boriswave" are able to obtain ILR or even citizenship before the 2029 election, would a potential Reform government rescind those ILR or citizenship grants?

The Boriswave was the worst Tory betrayal. Millions came without the consent of the British people. Most came to not work and have no skills. They will cost the British taxpayer hundreds of billions as they’re granted right to remain. Labour are clearly not going to deal with this disaster. Reform will.

The chairman of Migration Watch UK questions Rayner's claims that it's "un-British" to control the migrants crisis. "Is it un-British, or is it doing British people a favour... what about the people from here and their rights?" @TVKev @AlpMehm

If the proposals just affected a few hundred American AI engineers, who share a language and on average will be massive net contributors, then they would be excessive. But they actually affect a few million low-wage migrants, from extremely different cultures, which could (depending on OBR statistics, subject to review) cost a net £200b+ over their lifetimes. Britain simply cannot afford to give this wave of migrants full access to the British welfare state. cps.org.uk/media/post/202…

Shabana's proposal prevents Americans from being able to start AI businesses in the UK. i think y'all should chill out and do some assessments on what the proposal actually does. It has far-reaching unintended consequences that will completely kneecap the UK's ability to do anything meaningful with @UKSovereignAI or any other initiative to survive in post-AI age.

It is critical for @ShabanaMahmood to stick to her guns and pass moderate, sensible ILR reforms. Anything else risks letting the so-called "Boriswave" settle in Britain and obtain full access to the welfare state - a hundred billion pound plus commitment we cannot afford.

2,850 Afghans worked as interpreters and translators for British forces. When the Home Office opened the Afghan resettlement route, they expected around 4,000 would be resettled. The Government now expect to relocate nearly 50,000 Afghans in total.

* 37,950 Afghans have been relocated to the UK * 9,000 more are expected * £5.7bn cost, £120k per Afghan * 347 / 361 Local Authorities have taken part * 86% are in Government accommodation * Whereabouts of 18% are unknown * Councils get £24k+ per Afghan they take Much more 👇

Increasingly seems that "human rights" are just a con to keep violent criminals in Britain despite obvious risks to the public. We must leave the ECHR, and violent foreign criminals must be deported.

@Frenchie130 @ShabanaMahmood The British people have repeatedly voted for politicians promising to reduce migration, and it is completely reasonable to expect those politicians to follow through on their promises.

@MigrationWatch @ShabanaMahmood Any government that doesn't address this situation needs to be charged with crimes against its own people.. They can not keep taxing us too death for this..

“We must move away from the fact that migration to whichever country is a human right.” @AlpMehm at #MCCBudapestSummit

@SandyofSuffolk It's enough to make you weep. The interests of the British people always seem to come last.

But a British worker? Work 'til you drop.

£120,000 per Afghan brought to Britain - unbelievable. How is this a good use of taxpayer money when so many British people are facing financial hardship?

The National Audit Office has released a report into the Afghan resettlement scheme, the findings are grim. 37,950 Afghans have already been resettled in the UK and the Government expects a further 8,632 - 9,741 to be resettled by 2030, bringing the total to 46,582 - 47,691.

The two men accused of raping this woman are both asylum seekers, living in a hotel at taxpayer expense. This attack wouldn't have happened if our government detained and deported unvetted men who illegally enter Britain, instead of putting them up in hotels.

@Femi_sorry Having conceded every argument put to you, you are reduced to complaining we weren't uncritical enough of the Home Secretary. Embarrassing!

@MigrationWatch Ah so you don't know what the word uncritical means. That's OK.

A gang of Somali immigrants ran a fraudulent benefit scheme in Manchester which cost British taxpayers £1.7 million. Their trial cost British taxpayers a further £1 million. Two of the ringleaders are still on the run in Somalia.

@Femi_sorry We share, comment and repost material related to migration from politicians and governments of all stripes - our name is Migration Watch! Here's us replying to the Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood just a few days ago: x.com/MigrationWatch…

@MigrationWatch You've been uncritically sharing what Nigel Farage says for years. So you've been supporting his immigration agenda. And his immigration agenda is wrapped up in Brexit, which has cost this country to the tune of hundreds of billions of pounds. So no. Not "non-partisan".

Migration Watch is non-partisan and not aligned with any political party. If a politician commits a crime, is found guilty in a fair court of law, and sentenced to prison, that's fine with us! But that is not what has happened here. You are unable to engage with any points on the real, direct costs to taxpayers from migration, which is why you keep trying to distract with non sequiturs and special pleading. Ultimately everyone reading this thread can draw their own conclusions.

@MigrationWatch Richard Tice: Brexit will not damage our trade or economy. Brexit : *Costs £100 billion a year* We can keep scaling this if you want but ultimately we're just comparing scammers. And like I said, I want them all jailed. You want them in Downing Street.

@teddybear_inc @nickshirleyy Britain's problem with Somali fraud is long-running and widespread. Full list of examples below 👇 x.com/MigrationWatch…

The truth is out, we have them in the UK as well @nickshirleyy 🤣🤣🤣

@LeStyl0 It's disappointing that people given shelter in Britain, and access to our generous welfare system, would so cynically exploit it.

@MigrationWatch Being brought up in poverty is never an excuse to commit crime !