Abu Qatada

Sorry to be a bit slow on the uptake (nothing unusual there) but if he is a Jordanian citizen why is he in the UK? Was he a political refugee? Why are we supporting him and his family to the tune of £millions not to mention the millions it costs to keep him under surveillance etc..?

Gally He was granted asylum here in 1994 I think. He is Palestinian by birth, therefore stateless but has Jordanian status as he was born in an area occupied by Jordan. I do not in any way condone his behaviour or terrorism but think that the political situation in the middle east, Palestine in particular, helps to create these crazed and dangerous extremists. My grandmother was Palestinian ... she would be really pi**ed off with him for bringing a bad name on an honourable people!

he originally entered the country on a false passport, Gally so is an illegal immigrant.

No, if he was an illegal immigrant he could be deported. He now holds asylum status and that has not been revoked. Strong argument for revoking I agree but not happened & now probably will not be!
Many desperate people fleeing from wars/persecution enter countries with false /forged documents and have done so for years.

Even if he was an illegal immigrant, many of them are still in this country because the courts have ruled that they may not be sent back to the regimes from which they originally escaped.