I've received a reply - doesn't really answer my main points as to why 99% of the would be EU brides are released without charge and why are illegals released on bail allowing them to disappear.
I'll be responding to it. Anyhow for those interested (Robbie Bobby see http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....ge%2C+released)
I understand that you wanted further information about two issues that were not covered in my previous response.
Sham marriages
Proactive targeting of sham marriages is part of a wider enforcement strategy to make the UK unwelcoming to those looking to flout immigration laws. Specialist immigration officers are carrying out regular enforcement and crime operations to target this issue.
The UK Border Agency, in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service, has brought successful prosecutions against a number of persons involved in sham marriages for offences under the Immigration Act 1971, Perjury Act 1911, Identity Cards Act 2006, and Fraud Act 2006.
Decisions on whether or not to prosecute specific individuals are a matter for Immigration Enforcement (previously UKBA) and the Crown Prosecution Service.
Immigration bail
I can assure you that Immigration Enforcement will always seek to remove people who do not have any legal right to stay in the UK. This includes people who overstay their period of legal right to remain in the UK. As I explained in my previous email, the new Immigration Enforcement body will have law enforcement at its heart and will get tough on those who break our immigration laws. I also acknowledged that the number of illegal immigrants removed under UKBA did not keep up with the number of people who are here illegally. This is one reason why we have split up UKBA.
British immigration laws set out the powers of the immigration authorities to detain those who are subject to immigration control. The laws provide safeguards to prevent the powers of detention from being used disproportionately or excessively. Most of the safeguards (temporary release, temporary admission and Chief Immigration Officer bail) are available to the immigration authorities themselves. In addition, the laws provide that any person held in immigration detention may apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) for immigration bail
Ministry of Justice guidance states that a First-tier Tribunal Judge will grant bail where there is no sufficiently good reason to detain a person and lesser measures can provide adequate alternative means of control. A First-tier Tribunal Judge will focus in particular on the following five criteria (which are in no particular order) when deciding whether to grant immigration bail:
a. The reason or reasons why the person has been detained.
b. The length of the detention to date and its likely future duration.
c. The available alternatives to detention including any circumstances relevant to the person that makes specific alternatives suitable or unsuitable.
d. The effect of detention upon the person and his/her family.
e. The likelihood of the person complying with conditions of bail.
The Government sees no need to review the range of bail conditions that may be imposed in immigration cases and will continue to seek bail conditions that enable it to manage the threat posed by the individual. These will vary from case to case.
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Originally Posted by bigmarco
for goya DEDWORTH 
