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toubab1020
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 Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 20:04:10
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Professional Gambian lawyers here in the UK have once again called on their fellow citizens residing in the country to contact them for any legal advice regarding marriage and other immigration issues to prevent them from falling victim of any form of wrong-doing.
Such a voice was echoed as another Gambian is held over an alleged ‘shame’ marriage by the UK Border Agency.
The Gambian was arrested moments before he was due to take part in what the UK Border Agency called a suspected ‘sham’ marriage in Preston. Preston is a city and the administrative centre of Lancashire located on the north bank of the River Ribble.
The police reportedly gathered intelligence that the relationship involving a 39-year-old Gambian man (name withheld by this correspondent for privacy purposes) may in fact not be genuine, but instead a ‘sham marriage’. He was planning to marriage a 57-year-old British woman (also name withheld).
A sham marriage usually occurs when a non-European national marries someone from the European Economic Area as a means of attempting to gain long-term residency.
Thus UK Border Agency personnel also attended Preston register office, Park hotel on East Cliff, in disguised and minutes prior to the marriage ceremony taking place, the officers promptly intervened. As a result of such intervention, the man was arrested.
The UK Border Agency also revealed that the Gambian man arrested was interviewed and further checks revealed that he was in the UK ‘illegally’. The marriage ceremony suddenly came to an abrupt end in the midst of shocked invitees, and the Gambian man was subsequently detained.
Following the arrest, Colin Berrington, assistant director, North West Immigration Enforcement team, Home Office said: ‘We are working closely with registrars to clamp down on sham weddings and civil partnerships…This operation is another example of the success that we are having…Where there are suspicions that a relationship may not be genuine we will investigate and, if necessary, intervene to stop it happening’.
The British lady was reportedly questioned by officers and later released, while the groom has been detained. Police sources said his detention is pending his removal from the UK.
It is important to note that most of the Gambian solicitors here are very approachable, highly qualified, well-respected and very determined to take up Gambian cases with affordable fees. Their
It is important to note that most of the Gambian solicitors here are very approachable, highly qualified, well-respected and very determined to take up Gambian cases with affordable fees. Their contacts are visible in the various websites.
http://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/article/uk-police-arrest-gambian-over-sham-marriage
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 29 Sep 2013 : 00:50:48
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| Unfortunately in the UK a Gambian husband normally goes hand in hand with a sham marriage. Sad but true. Now I suspect the UK Border Agency are quite clued up by estranged spouses contacting them and newspapers reporting them that they just probably thought prevention is better than cure. Less money for the tax payer, one less brain drain for Gambia. Send him back home to work and put some money in the Gambia treasury a win win senario for everybody. And if it really is a genuine marriage wifey will join her husband and live in the sun without her pension. |
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toubab1020
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Posted - 29 Sep 2013 : 13:01:02
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Sister O good to see you about again and posting,
I totally agree with your post,what you have not elaborated on is surely why sham marriages occur with Gambian men,JOBS ARE VERY VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND, ,even if a job can be found in Gambia,salaries paid are very low ,As with everything in the world today it's about MONEY or lack of it.
A beautiful thought LIVE ON LOVE ALONE,can't be done, you need MONEY. |
"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30 Sep 2013 : 00:14:28
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| Toubab its not only Gambians involved in sham marriages may I add. The reason for so many sham marriages it's one of the very few ways left available to get into fortress Britain. It's ramifications adversley impacts peoples lives, and it encouges human trafficking. The paronia of non European immigration comes from the same school of thought as Enoch Powell. The reality is immigrants allowed to work in the North will pay tax and will be more likely to return home if they are able to have freedom of movement.But if they have to use sun=bversive tactics get in they become members of the underclass and get trapped in a downward cycle of exploitation. Anyay Toubab I have to go now.Hopefully we'll pick this up another time, |
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