Thursday 22 August 2013

Tuesday 20 August 2013

National Front Official Page. Yet again the EU makes it easy for Immigrants… IMMIGRATION officials are probing a huge rise in sham marriages after a ruling by EU human rights judges.. Some areas have reported the bogus weddings between EU citizens and migrants seeking to stay in Britain have soared by up to six-fold over the past three years. Across England and Wales, the number of sham marriages more than doubled from 934 in 2010 to 1,891 in 2012. But in Wandsworth in South-west London, they soared from 16 in 2010-11 to 94 last year. Stooge brides and grooms have charged immigrants thousands of pounds to take part in fake weddings. Home Office chiefs believe the decision to scrap the Certificate of Approval scheme is to blame for the surge. Under that scheme, immigrants needed a £100 certificate before they could marry. That application triggered a series of probing checks. But the European Court of Human Rights in 2008 ruled the scheme violated the right to equal treatment for foreigners marrying in the UK – and in 2011 certificates were scrapped. The Home Office said: “We have worked closely with our partners, including registration services and the Anglican Church, to identify and tackle sham marriages. “We have teams of immigration officers and police working together to in