The Home Office is under mounting pressure to reveal the whereabouts of a gun-toting Channel migrant amid fears he may have gone AWOL in the UK.
Senior Tories said Palestinian Abu Wadee should be located, detained and deported urgently, after The Mail on Sunday revealed he called for the slaughter of all Jews and is a former key member of a militant group that has terrorised Israel.
Wadee, who is believed to be in his 30s and is originally from Gaza, is understood to have landed in the UK on Thursday after uploading a video of himself on a dinghy in the Channel being approached by a Border Force boat, with the caption: ‘Thank God, we arrived in Britain.’
But the Home Office refused to confirm whether it was aware of Wadee’s extremist background or whether he was free to roam UK streets. Police said they were unaware of any arrests related to the case.
Last night, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp described Wadee as ‘a dangerous anti-Semite and a threat to national security’, and said there was ‘overwhelming public interest’ in the Home Office breaking with convention to explain what it knows about the migrant, and his whereabouts.
He told the Mail: ‘There is a possibility the Government has lost track of him, and there is also a risk he may try and use spurious human rights claims to stay in the country.
‘Labour has let in over 25,000 people in the last eight months (through small-boat crossings).
‘We’ve got no idea who those people are and if they do pose potentially a serious risk to our citizens.
Palestinian migrant Abu Wadee, who called for the slaughter of all Jews, is understood to have arrived in Britain on Thursday
Wadee uploaded a video of himself and others in a dinghy in the Channel being approached by a Border Force boat, with the caption: ‘Thank God, we arrived in Britain.
‘This man is clearly a danger to the public and not the kind of person we want in the UK.’
Tory justice spokesman Robert Jenrick said Wadee should be found and deported, adding: ‘The Home Secretary needs to reassure the public that this dangerous man is in detention and will be immediately deported.
‘But her silence suggests he’s likely been put up in a hotel free to roam the streets. That would be completely unacceptable.
‘This case uncovered by the Mail shows yet again that the situation in the Channel is a national security emergency. It’s high time [Sir Keir] Starmer treated it as one.’
Tory MP Ben Obese-Jecty wrote on X: ‘We cannot allow those who pose a danger to our society (to) be welcomed into the country with impunity.’
Mr Philp will today write to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for an update on Wadee’s status, and request he is deported.
And he said the Tories would push for human rights laws to be disapplied in immigration cases after a raft of examples of dangerous foreign criminals using legislation to argue they should not be removed from the UK.
Wadee charted his journey across Europe on social media, including stops in Brussels and Paris before arriving in the UK last week, with individual videos attracting more than two million views.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said Wadee should be found, placed in detention and deported
Wadei, seen posing in front of a fire on the Israel-Gaza border, is considered a ‘threat to public safety’ according to CAA
The migrant filmed himself calling for Allah to ‘punish Jews completely’ in another sickening video
The migrant appears to have been a prominent member of the so-called ‘Tire-burning Unit’ – a militant group of Palestinian extremists who regularly hurled fire-bombs and rocks at Israeli forces policing the Gaza border
His Facebook page includes images of him brandishing various assault rifles and posing behind a high-explosive artillery shell.
Although he fled Gaza before the October 7 massacres in 2023, Wadee appears to have been a prominent member of the so-called ‘Tire-burning Unit’ – a militant group of Palestinian extremists who regularly hurled fire-bombs and rocks at Israeli forces manning the Gaza border.
He is filmed calling for Allah to ‘punish [Jews] completely’ in another sickening video.
Small-boat migrants brought to shore by Border Force officials are routinely taken to screening centres where they are observed, have physical characteristics such as fingerprints recorded, and checked against databases.
They are then taken to taxpayer-funded temporary accommodation while their asylum claims are processed.
Wadee was one of the more than 1,700 small-boat migrants who arrived last week alone.
A Home Office spokesman said: ‘The British public can be reassured that we take all steps necessary at all times to protect the nation’s security.’
