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UK: Huge cost of monitoring returning Islamic State jihadis means that the “majority roam free in Britain”

Feb 22, 2019 2:00 pm By Christine Douglass-Williams

A Times report warns “that only a small minority” of Islamic State jihadists are being monitored in Britain. This, despite “assurances from the police that those returning will be subjected to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures.” The reason:  because it’s just too expensive to keep track of them, so “the majority of returning jihadists ‘roam free.'” Another question: if the UK cannot prioritize its security because of high costs, then how is Britain (and other Western countries) affording the multitudes of migrants? The money is coming from somewhere: the taxpayer’s dwindling accounts.

This obvious fact about jihadist monitoring should have long ago awakened the British public to the need to hold the government accountable for the security of its citizens. The UK has seen horrific jihad attacks, and still most people are asleep. They have embraced the lie about “Islamophobia.”

This news about returning Islamic State jihadists should have been expected, particularly after the announcement last year that the British Home Office “lost track of more than 600,000 people who should have left the country” since 2016; and that’s only the UK. The German government admitted that it also lost track of “600,000 of its 1.1 million asylum seekers – and many could be using multiple identities to travel across Europe.” Among these are an unknown number of jihadists. They promised to infiltrate the refugee stream, and they did.

London’s Muslim Mayor Sadiq Khan once stated that “the threat of terror attacks are part and parcel of living in a big city.” Maybe for Pakistan and the Middle East, where there are many jihadis, but not in Western countries. This should never be accepted in the West, but it seems to be slowly becoming the norm because citizens of Western countries are allowing reckless globalist leaders to continue undermining and working to destroy the rights and freedoms citizens enjoy in free societies.

“Report: Huge Cost of Monitoring Returned Jihadists Means Majority Roam Free in Britain,” by Oliver JJ Lane, Breitbart, February 21, 2019:

British government security orders that can be placed on known extremists are so expensive to enforce they are hardly ever used, leaving the majority of returning jihadists to “roam free”.

The arrangements made for Islamist extremists living in the United Kingdom has come under intense scrutiny in the wake of the rediscovery of a former London schoolgirl who defected to the Islamic State in 2015, who now wants to come to Britain to raise an ISIS fighter’s son.

While the British government has stripped 19-year-old Shamima Begum of her citizenship in a bid to prevent her from returning to the United Kingdom, Breitbart London has previously reported how a large number of extremists have already arrived — and continue to arrive — from foreign warzones.

Despite assurances from the police that those returning will be subjected to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIMs), a report by British newspaper The Times reports that only a small minority are actually monitored in this way.

Nikita Malik of the Henry Jackson Society told the paper that, due at least in part to the great expense of putting TPIMs in place, only a small number have actually been activated, speaking of only a “handful” of the estimated 400 returned fighters and extremists being subjected to them.

“The rest have been put under surveillance. TPIMs are for the highest level because they are so costly,” Malik explained.

The report revealed Home Office figures showing nearly £5 million had been spent controlling just 23 individuals, with legal bills of £1 million a year and accommodation costs of £70,000 a year per individual. Other costs, including tagging suspects, travel costs, and policing to enforce restrictions, are counted separately, piling up on top of the Home Office figures.

The government disputes the claims of the Henry Jackson Society, and insists the use of TPIMs is not considered on cost grounds.

These figures come just weeks after separate revelations reported by Breitbart London on the monitoring of terror returnees uncovered by Labour MP John Woodcock. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Woodcock said: “Are more than 400 of those returning individuals in jail or going through the court system? We simply do not know, because the Government will not release the figures, despite repeated requests.

“There is strong demand from the public to know how many who travelled to fight foreign jihad are currently free in British communities. Those men and women are escaping justice, despite having been prepared to fight British troops in the name of a sickeningly evil cause.

“If they are not locked up or deradicalised, they are potentially able to import back to British streets brutal killing techniques learned on the battlefield.”…

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, Daesh), United Kingdom Tagged With: Henry Jackson Society, MP John Woodcock, Nikita Malik, Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures


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  1. Jay says

    Feb 22, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    Gee — what could possibly go wrong with this scenario? England is lost – the unfettered invasion by Muslims is destroying their soverignity and their identity and costing them billions of dollars! All the citizens
    are at risk, proven by daily attacks across England by Muslims. There is no acclimation ever! It’s invasion.
    PM Churchill is not resting easy today! The USA will not save them again! Maybe it’s time for the monarchy to voice an opinion as well!! God save the queen! England, France , Germany, Sweden,
    Norway, etc etc are almost lost! Stop the insanity!! Stop the invasion of Muslim immigrants ! Protect your citizens and your sovereignty before it’s too late!
    God bless America too!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • BC says

      Feb 23, 2019 at 4:32 am

      A Times report? Where is the reference to the Times report ie. date and writer for example. You cannot say there is a published report and not verify it

      • jimjfox says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 5:31 am

        Quite so. Never mind, the British people will suffer many more atrocities whilst the “Law” is not only an ‘ass’ but incapable of deterring the jihadis. Such is the fatal weakness of democracy.

      • J D.S says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 2:04 pm

        “ROAM FREE”.Now isn’t this so nice…go to the battle field kill innocents, soldiers etc come back to where the left from and roam free…..Is the citizenry going yo allow this?

        • Savvy Kafir says

          Feb 23, 2019 at 2:34 pm

          These IS jihadis are dangerous enemy combatants who oppose everything Britain is supposed to stand for. MI5 or the SAS should make them disappear if they manage to re-enter the country.

    • Rufolino says

      Feb 23, 2019 at 4:44 am

      The moment the British Monarchy takes sides in any political argument it’s days are numbered. The most it can do is to signal.

      The current policy of the Monarchy is to encourage (in the Queen ‘s own words) “togetherness”. One day “togetherness” will probably break down, but the Monarchy will not be accused of not trying.

      After that, if there is conflict, the Monarchy must still maintain neutrality for its own survival. It can’t do any other. It must continue to be the detached symbol of a continuing underlying abstraction: the Nation.

      The Monarchy is imprisoned by these imperatives.

      • jimjfox says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 5:35 am

        Monarchy has no place in politics & is supposed to refrain from any comment. I am surprised at your assertion; a link would be helpful.

      • mortimer says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 9:27 am

        The Queen’s sentiments were no doubt scripted by the government. Islamic law discourages ‘TOGETHERNESS’ with the dirty KAFIRS.

        The teaching called AL WALAA WAL BARAA demands Muslims be SEGREGATED from non-Muslim KAFIRS unless for business reasons.

        Muslims should socialize ONLY with ‘brother’ Muslims and NEVER socialize with kafirs unless for business reasons.

        So much for ONE-WAY ‘togetherness’.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 10:26 pm

        The Monarchy spoke out against Fascism. The idea that the Monarchy desperately wants to speak out against Islam but cannot is very questionable.

  2. Hugh Fitzgerald says

    Feb 22, 2019 at 3:07 pm

    On what theory are these people being allowed to return to the very countries that they declared war on by joining the Infidel-killers of the Islamic state? They lost the right to return when they made that choice. If the laws don’t currently state that, then change the laws. No one who has joined the Islamic State or similar groups from Country X will be allowed to return to Country X. Protestations by so-and-so that he/she has had a change of heart should count for nothing.You chose ISIS, and now you will suffer the consequences of that choice. End of story.

    • Keith says

      Feb 22, 2019 at 3:32 pm

      They are allowed back because our governments believe it is more important not to be called racist, islamophobic or anyother name than it is to ensure that the non muslim population are safe and secure from islamic terror attacks.
      It doesn’t matter whether the government is supposedly left wing like the Labour party or right wing like the Conservatives.

      • flint74 says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 4:48 am

        The conservatives are NO LONGER right-wing, they’ve been steadily and increasingly slipping towards the left since about 1990 (if not before) in fact. At the same time the Labour/Liberal/Green parties have also been slipping further left, so now the only real party on the right of the British political spectrum with any real meaningful value to the citizens of this nation is UKIP.

        This is why the tories ousted Maggie, because despite her many sins, she was also anti-socialism and anti-EU, and she saw and KNEW what was coming from the EU socialist superstate and was the only one who had the position of power AND the backbone to speak out against it, so her party simply removed and replaced her with a series of EU-sympathising weasels, who all made noises like they were true blue and anti-EU, but were instead complicit (with help from the EU and across parliament) in actively and quietly selling this nation out from under its citizens little bits at a time.

        Even these new parties that have recently been formed are simply a distraction, e.g. the pro-EU independant party, and the multiple pro-brexit parties, all these politicians are doing is cynically muddying the waters and making it even harder for the voting public to simply unite and pick one party and vote for it unanimously so we can get rid of ALL of the lying, cheating, traitorous, scumbags once and for all.

        • Savvy Kafir says

          Feb 24, 2019 at 2:36 pm

          Anne Marie Waters’ For Britain party is totally opposed to the EU. She wants to see it dismantled.

          She is also the only British politician who is totally honest about Islam.

    • mortimer says

      Feb 23, 2019 at 9:31 am

      Response to H. Fitzgerald … re ‘what theory’: The UK is signatory of a protocol that prohibits making ‘STATELESS PERSONS’ by depriving them of their nationality.

      This means a government a signatory agrees not to take away a passport unless the party is a DUAL CITIZEN.

  3. Anjuli Pandavar says

    Feb 22, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    Aiding and abetting enemy combatants.

    THIS. IS. TREASON.

  4. Islamaphone says

    Feb 22, 2019 at 4:08 pm

    400 returned fighters who share common cause with head-choppers, if not seasoned head-choppers themselves, roaming the streets of the UK. Excuse my Islamophobia.

  5. sheliak says

    Feb 22, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    A clear admission by the British state that it cannot even enforce basic law and order. Bet the societal collapse of Britain will be stunning in its swiftness and violence. Perhaps the US should begin construction of refuge detention centers on the american east coast to handle the expected hordes of asylum seekers from England.

    • Jayell says

      Feb 22, 2019 at 8:11 pm

      The collapse is already evident in London with a murder rate of over 1.5 per week since January 1 2019 – and that’s obviously not counting all the many other victims who managed to survive. My own son-in-law was a victim in a vicious car-jacking in a leafy ‘desirable’ suburb. As in virtually all these cases, the perpetrators were the kind whose ancestors would not have been around the place in Queen Victoria’s time, but the media are careful not to tell you that – or allow you to tell the truth.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 22, 2019 at 8:21 pm

        Jayell, so sorry to hear about your son-in-law. And I’m sure in many places the dangers are even worse.

        • Jayell says

          Feb 23, 2019 at 1:48 am

          The car-jacking incident was interesting. The car was tracked and recovered after a police chase ending when the culprits rammed it into a waĺl and escaped on foot. However, despite clear CCTV pictures from a filling station, finger-print on the steering wheel and islamic artefacts found on the back seat there were no prosecutions due to ‘lack of evidence’ (!?) No further comment. Also, muslims have been known to travel in groups to ‘uncontaminated’ areas deliberately to indulge their criminal whims, then make a quick getaway back to their own neighbourhoods and thus escape detection, so safety cannot be guaranteed anywhere in the UK anymore.

        • gravenimage says

          Feb 23, 2019 at 10:31 pm

          Crazy, Jayell. I’m sure these Muslim perps are out victimizing other innocent Britons. What madness.

  6. gravenimage says

    Feb 22, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    UK: Huge cost of monitoring returning Islamic State jihadis means that the “majority roam free in Britain”
    ………………………

    Suicidal insanity. They never should have been allowed to return to Britain.

    • IanB says

      Feb 23, 2019 at 4:04 am

      That would be obvious to anyone with any old fashioned gumption, a quality severely lacking in the world of today.

      • gravenimage says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 10:32 pm

        Grimly true, Ian.

  7. IanB says

    Feb 23, 2019 at 4:01 am

    What will it take to wake the British Lion? (Or is it dead?).

    • Michael Copeland says

      Feb 23, 2019 at 5:49 am

      WHEN WILL THE SLEEPING EUROPEANS WAKE? 2014.01.15

      Europe’s march to Mecca proceeds apace, [or America’s]
      Its political leaders paralysed by “Race!”.
      “Easily bought” is how they’ve been portrayed,
      Their people left abandoned and betrayed.

      Helpless, unaware, and uninformed,
      The natives see their borders over-swarmed,
      Their culture unsupported by the State,
      Their language, laws and customs up for hate. 

      What motivates the Islamic Trojan Horse? 
      The blood-soaked Meccan law of using force,
      To “Impose Sharia Law on All Mankind”,
      Extortion, sword, and bomb will change the mind.

      Obliging all in force-imposed submission
      To accept inferior status and condition. 
      When will the sleeping Europeans wake? [or American people]
      What can it possibly need and what will it take? 

      • patriotliz says

        Feb 23, 2019 at 8:10 am

        If you know the story of the “Trojan Horse” it was a stealth entry of the enemies of Troy who were hidden within what appeared to be a “trophy” or “prize” of a large wooden horse left by their Greek enemies. Troy brought that horse into their city gates thinking it was a very fine “tribute” left by their defeated enemies after a battle but, then out popped Greek soldiers inside the city. There is absolutely NOTHING about ANY Muslim migration that could be considered a “prize” or a “trophy” for any Western nation. Islamic hijrah is an OBVIOUS enemy invasion. Assume there are militant jihadists among them as well as non-violent jihadists dedicated to civilization jihad. Wherever Muslims migrate en masse, Hell follows.

        The 3rd world Muslim invasion into Europe is hijrah demographic jihad…an Islamic 3rd world population bomb just as lethal and just as devastating as any ballistic missile that is targeted at a European country. America’s 3rd world population bomb comes through our insecure southern border and is promoted by Leftist Globalist American traitors.

        Britain died a long time ago when the traitors used Fascist propaganda to call any patriots who wanted to defend Britain against the IslamoNazi invasion…”Nazis” and “Islamophobes.”
        America will die too if the 3rd world population bomb continues to be dropped on America w/o restrictions.

        Paul Golding describes the 3rd world population bomb being dropped on Britain:
        https://www.britainfirst.org/speech_immigration_is_going_to_destroy_our_nation?utm_campaign=dover_speech1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=britainfirst

  8. DP111 says

    Feb 23, 2019 at 6:39 am

    The police dont have the time as they are monitoring Twitter for Islamophobia.

    Besides its too dangerous to go to no-go areas and arrest Muslim child rapists.

  9. mortimer says

    Feb 23, 2019 at 9:33 am

    The UK police are now too busy monitoring WRONGTHINK on the internet and twitter to be able to watch TERRORISTS WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO COMMIT JIHAD TERRORISM!

    FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION is not the problem but the SOLUTION to jihad terrorism.

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