Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has faced criticism after claiming that the Clapham chemical attack by Afghan man Abdul Shokoor Ezedi, who was granted asylum despite being turned down twice and committing sexual offenses, 'is not really about asylum.' The incident has ignited a debate on the integrity of the asylum system, with former Home Secretaries Suella Braverman and Priti Patel accusing the Church of England of supporting 'bogus' claims. This controversy is further fueled by reports of forty asylum seekers on the Bibby Stockholm barge converting to Christianity, potentially exploiting a 'Pray to Stay' scam to circumvent deportation. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has emphasized the need for a system that ensures illegal entrants cannot remain in the UK, amidst concerns that the Home Office lacks data on asylum seekers who convert to Christianity.
'Accusations are piling up that the C of E has been conducting mass conversions of Muslim asylum seekers to Christianity that facilitate their applications to remain in this country.' ✍️ Stephen Glover
Six asylum seekers from the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset were baptised at a church in Weymouth on Sunday. @JamesCleverly @Michael4MDNP @VotePursglove @SuellaBraverman @RobertJenrick https://t.co/qUPMEZgY9Y https://t.co/6PPcToOltD
Work and Pensions Secretary @MelJStride says when it comes to the case of the Clapham attack suspect Abdul Ezedi, we should look 'particularly carefully' into whether his conversion to Christianity was a misuse of the asylum system. https://t.co/mrZ2ehZrFe https://t.co/nNJFk3Qonm
Home Office 'doesn't collect data' on asylum seekers who convert to Christianity https://t.co/7Fh9O81rwh
'The home office wants them to prove that they are gay...it's very difficult to prove.' Lib Dem politician @LaylaMoran debates with @IainDale over the legitimacy of asylum seekers' conversion to Christianity, and stresses 'if people want to convert then they should be able to'. https://t.co/Dy1W7tBiul
🔴 Bishop hits back over Braverman’s claims asylum seekers are faking Christian conversion Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/RBDywYeFMi
'It is a scam and it's being used to game the system.' Conservative MP, Tim Loughton, questions how asylum seekers can 'prove they've converted to Christianity' and suggests it's unfair on 'the taxpayer and genuine asylum seekers.' @IainDale https://t.co/I3APAL1xzY
After Gillian Keegan said the Clapham attack was 'not really about asylum', @AndrewMarr9 discusses this and more. Tonight with Andrew Marr is LIVE, watch now on @GlobalPlayer.
'It would appear that the Church is complicit and encouraging these illegal migrants to turn up to the congregation at church on a Sunday and pretend that they are Christians, again abusing our asylum system' @LeeAndersonMP_ https://t.co/bFkHCAoEpn
‘We are importing crime!’ Paul Cox blasts minister who claims Clapham attack is ‘not about asylum’ https://t.co/sxZHtLxQoZ
Queen’s ex-chaplain fumes at asylum ‘fabrication’ as Christianity conversion ‘used as loophole’ by refugees https://t.co/CcFIOayTti
Farage blasts Church of England as document lays bare plan to help migrants appeal asylum verdicts https://t.co/puXYNg7tuR
'If you are going to protect people who face religious prosecution, do you also have to protect people who are lying about it?' @mrjamesob wonders 'how can you prove that you're Christian' as he discusses the apparent 'loophole' in the asylum system. https://t.co/aHpySiqcu5
Tory MP says ‘dire’ Church of England is COMPLICIT in facilitating bogus asylum claims: ‘Rigging the system!’ https://t.co/rXCQ3MvOPj
"We need to have a system where someone who comes here illegally should not be able to stay," says PM Rishi Sunak. The Clapham chemical attack suspect and sex offender Abdul Ezedi was previously granted asylum when he converted to Christianity. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 https://t.co/yyBe5Etdop
Are the church leaders who help asylum seekers convert to Christianity politically motivated? @ThatAlexWoman | @TVKev https://t.co/CaqlYQqNmk
'We are making a connection between the dumb decision to allow a sexual offender and illegal migrant to stay in the UK and the vile offence that individual is now suspected of carrying out.' ✍️ Brendan O’Neill: The Clapham chemical attack is about asylum https://t.co/KeodS9ykHU
'Everybody should be a bit more critical, starting with the Home Office. What were they doing granting asylum to a man who’d been convicted twice of sexual offences?!’ Dr Gavin Ashenden on asylum seekers reportedly converting to Christianity to stay in the UK. https://t.co/pQ6Aukg16K
Has Gillian Keegan lost her mind? The education secretary claims that the Clapham alkali attack had nothing to do with the suspect’s asylum status. This is preposterous virtue-signalling, says Lauren Smith https://t.co/6VeT4p52jQ
‘It is an issue of asylum.’ ‘If you’d had the law in place when he was placed on the sexual offenders register he would’ve been out of here.’ @NickFerrariLBC questions cabinet minister Gillian Keegan on chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi's asylum seeker status. https://t.co/omvWhGRKho
“We are living in cloud cuckoo land!” Julia Hartley-Brewer questions who is to blame after the Clapham attacker Abdul Shokoor Ezedi was granted asylum in the UK, despite previously being convicted of sexual assault. @juliahb1 https://t.co/Mh1GYIkR6l
Home Secretary to “look at the details” of the forty Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers who are converting to Christianity, minister tells LBC https://t.co/XTp9KEw1Rv
The Church of England is accused of supporting bogus asylum claims after the Clapham attacker won asylum after claiming to have converted to Christianity. And 40 migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge have also reportedly converted. What's your reaction? 📞 0344 499 1000 https://t.co/HQu3i8ipkq
The illegal migrants on the Bibby Stockholm have found Jesus, as 40 are in the process of converting to Christianity. With 300 on board, nearly 1 in 7 are regular church goers, under the supervision of faith leaders. Home Secretary @JamesCleverly is expected to receive an… https://t.co/4SbW8cahze
Gillian Keegan under fire after claiming Clapham attack case ‘not really about asylum’ just to remind everyone. Gillian Keegan is Tory not Labour. Not that you’d notice the difference. https://t.co/9eQKhRUcsr
Forty Bibby Barge migrants are reportedly converting to Christianity, possibly to 'dodge the system and avoid deportation'. The Spectator's Freddy Gray: "It is obviously a loophole." #TalkTV https://t.co/eLzOgcTZ2J
'Forty' refugees on the Bibby Stockholm Barge are attending local church services amid fears that conversion may be new 'loophole' to remain in country after Clapham chemical attack suspect's asylum claim was supported by church https://t.co/iz2xxTfej8 https://t.co/qrSSdlB3n1
'We know Britain is not a paradise, we have our own crime. However, we are now importing crime when we don't need to!' @PaulCoxComedy grills Gillian Keegan who has come under fire for claiming the Clapham attack case is 'not really about asylum'. https://t.co/7yGJF3V0cL
Clapham attack 'not about asylum', says Education Secretary as Labour goes on the offensive and manhunt continues https://t.co/fxgZExSgnB https://t.co/0OxQLHFS44
THE GREAT ASYLUM RACKET: Forty Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers converting to Christianity Everybody involved in this scam needs to be prosecuted. It insults every taxpayer, and the false prophets involved need to be kicked out of their churches! https://t.co/AbVar51qML
"How is it possible that someone turned down twice for asylum, who then commits more than one sexual offence, is granted refugee status?" "This is not really about asylum," says education secretary, Gillian Keegan. The Tories deserve to be wiped out. https://t.co/9CgOPgHAgo
"How is it possible that someone turned down twice for asylum, who then commits more than one sexual offence, is granted refugee status?" "This is not really about asylum," says education secretary, Gillian Keegan. The Tories treat voters like idiots. I hope they are…
Former U.K. Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman exposes the 'Pray to Stay' scam being used by Muslim asylum seekers to exploit human rights laws and remain in Britain — all with the apparent help of the Church of England. Read more: https://t.co/33iS2CUUOB https://t.co/fcEOcp8q6W
The loophole whereby Muslims 'convert' to Christianity to submit new asylum claims with the help of the Church of England has been dubbed the 'Pray to Stay' scam. https://t.co/RWxhlD4KAn
The Clapham chemical attack is "not really about asylum", Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has claimed Read more: https://t.co/cj8682Av2U
Clapham chemical attack: Incident 'not really about asylum', cabinet minister claims Read more: https://t.co/RSG10gDa8z
'Many churches around the country are facilitating bogus asylum claims' Suella Braverman calls it a 'gross insult to genuine Christians' that the Church is 'rubberstamping' claims, as she calls for automatic deportation for convicts. https://t.co/sALif0nKR6
Caroline Noakes reaction to a x2 failed asylum seeker, with a h/o sex offences, perpetrating an acid attack, was to talk about “microaggressions.” Gillian Keegan has stated that “it’s not really about asylum.” Both Tory MP’s. The Tories are completely and utterly lost Im afraid.
Former home secretaries Suella Braverman and Priti Patel have accused British churches of supporting “bogus” asylum claims https://t.co/XxQvxdFgJw
“This is not really about asylum” The Education Secretary tells @TrevorPTweets not to conflate issues on the case of the Clapham chemical attack https://t.co/YZ8jWTTzlo
Chemical Attack On Mother And Her Children 'Not Really About Asylum', Minister Insists https://t.co/QShFtNc6Vz
🔴 Church aiding asylum claims on mass scale, say Patel and Braverman https://t.co/bk4SZbZctx
'How is it possible, that someone turned down twice for asylum, who then commits more than one sexual offence, is granted refugee status?' 'This is not really about asylum' says Education Secretary @GillianKeegan. #TrevorPhillips https://t.co/fhIHlpTGAF https://t.co/QCVsKcnkCa
Education secretary Gillian Keegan says the alleged alkali attack on a mother and her children "is not really about asylum". Not sure that will go down well with many on the right of the Tory Party.
Education Sec Gillian Keegan tells @TrevorPTweets that horror chemical attack by Afghan man granted asylum after committing sex offences in the UK is 'not really about asylum'
Gillian Keegan: "This is not really about asylum, this about the attack on a mother and her children" https://t.co/LAqjpeR2PK