What's wrong with just sending them home
without the £2500. Most sane people would agree that
human rights are a good thing but I don't see what this
has got to to do with human rights. They've broken the law
so send them home, simple as that. This government seems
to swing from disaster to disaster. Stories like this serve
to highlight the true extent to which our country has descended
into complete madness. How much money do we waste on things
like this, how many hospitals or schools could we build
with it. Human rights yes but not at the expense of common
sense....TC
FOREIGN criminals serving time in Britain's jails are to
be given thousands of pounds to persuade them to leave the
UK in a drastic attempt to ease the prisons overcrowding
crisis.
Up to 8000 foreign convicts, including violent and sexual
offenders, could receive £2,500 of taxpayers money
if they agree to serve part of their sentence in their homeland,
or to leave Britain quickly on release without waiting for
deportation formalities.
Under the scheme announced yesterday by Home Secretary John
Reid, criminals will get the money in the form of help in
starting up a business, medical care, housing or education
and training in their home country.
The astonishing measure means violent criminals or drug
dealers who would otherwise face deportation will instead
be rewarded with generous sweeteners for going home of their
own accord....
