The post you are reporting:
OF MOST PEOPLE, SINCE THE ONLY PEOPLE BEING KEPT INCARCERATED ARE THOSE WHO
ARE DANGEROUS. MOREOVER, THEY HAD THE RIGHT OF APPEAL. THE SYSTEM WAS NOT
AN ARBITRARY OR DRACONIAN ONE, AND ONLY THOSE WHO HAD COMMITTED A SERIOUS
OFFENCE FELL INTO THE 'DANGEROUS' CATEGORY.
IF ELPHICKE'S DEMAND WAS MET, THE NET RESULT, HOOK OBSERVED, WOULD BE
DANGEROUS PEOPLE WALKING OUR STREETS. ONLY THOSE WHO DID NOT POSE A DANGER
SHOULD BE RELEASED. HOWEVER, A MINORITY ARE DEMONSTRABLY A DANGER, AND IT
IS PERFECTLY FITTING THAT THEY SHOULD BE RETAINED. WHEN DANGEROUS FOREIGN
CRIMINALS HAVE BEEN RELEASED, AND HAVE REOFFENDED, THE VICTIMS ARE VERY
OFTEN THEIR OWN FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY, SO FREEING THIS CATEGORY OF FOREIGN
CRIMINALS IS DOING THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES NO FAVOUR.
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Elphicke's two-part clarifications of the reasons for his demand, the first before he had read/heard Hook's reaction, the second including also his observations on Hook's views:
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The point I was making is that they have served their prison sentences. So they pose as much of a risk as any other person who has served their sentence. They are then in effect kept in prison. That is unfair on them - and on us as we taxpayers have to foot the bill for people in the DRC. I would prefer the Government to move faster in getting these people out of the country. This will take a while as it will take time to catch up with the neglect of previous years.
