Mr. ArthurLewis asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Miss Kate Akele, a Nigerian citizen who entered Great Britain for the declared purpose of committing murder, for which she has now been convicted and sentenced, was allowed to enter; and whether he will tighten up on such entries into Great Britain.
§ Mr. RaisonMiss Akele, who had previously visited this country on two occasions leaving within the time allowed, told the immigration officer that she had come on this occasion to collect belongings which she had to leave here on her last visit when called home urgently because of a family bereavement. The officer had no knowledge of her intention and was satisfied on the information before him that she qualified for entry as a visitor and admitted her for one month. Immigration officers can only take decisions on the basis of the facts before them at the time.