Of course, this is a very controversial issue; one that The UK Border Agency would almost certainly vehemently deny being the case. However, many people can very easily break through this veneer and see how crime statistics have changed over the past couple of decades. We do not live in the same society we did before, there are bigger and frightening threats to the citizens of the UK that come from organised and large scale international gangs and The UK Border Agency would have to claim responsibility for this.
We all heard the news a few weeks ago when it was reported that many non-EU nationalities had managed to slip under the radar and entered our country. These individuals may well have come from countries where it is already known that there are frightening problems with organised and drug-related crime. Such examples include South American nations, west Africa and some Caribbean countries.
If this is the case, and it definitely seems to be highly likely, this must be classified as a fundamental failure on behalf of our Border Agency to protect us within our own country. Moreover, with more and more undesirables entering the country, many police forces would admit that they are facing increasing problems through large international gangs, and in many cases, this problem is actually getting out of hand.
All police forces across the UK have had to tackle substantial cuts to their budgets over the past couple of years. This has come at a time when these forces actually need a lot more money in order to provide the level of policing that is required within our contemporary society. It does not take a genius to work out the statistics here: if a police force has faced a budget cut of around 20%, they will not be able to provide the same level of service they were before and they will inevitably have less money to spend on the growing problem with large and organised international gangs.
International gangs do not just hale from the non-EU countries; worryingly, as the Eastern European nations have joined and been allowed the same freedom to roam as other citizens of the Union, it is becoming increasingly evident that international criminals are coming from these countries. The Baltic states, Romania and Bulgaria are all identified as being parts of the European Union where we are seeing people moving to the UK and undertaking crime.
One of the biggest crimes being committed by the individuals and gangs from these countries is people trafficking. This is a crime that seems more reminiscent of Dickensian times and we definitely have the legal obligations of the EU to thank for the fact that our police are really struggling to tackle this inhumane practice.
The UK Border Agency can make every effort to ensure that the undesirables from non-EU countries are prevented from entering the UK. Net immigration figures are astronomically high at the moment, and internationally, we are always seen as a soft target for people looking to come here for a new life. Alas, it goes without saying that a percentage of these people are going to move to our country and continue to practice the same illegal activities that they were in their previous homeland.
As far as the EU is concerned, most people would agree that there is no other way forward here other than to pull out of this union as soon as possible. Our police forces really are bearing the brunt of the legal obligations that are imposed upon us by the treaties of the EU and as things currently stand, as a country, we are not coping with these increasing threats to our security.
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