Raulken co.UK - Britain Identifies 16 Barred From Entering UK

Clockwise from top left: Michael Guzofsky, Michael Savage, Samir al-Quntar and the Rev. Fred Phelps. By JOHN F. BURNS LONDON - Eager to showcase new border controls aimed at keeping advocates of extremist views out of the country, ...

60? "60px": "auto" ); height:expression(do*****ent.body.clientHeight > 60? "60px": "auto" );' onload=this.style.filter='progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Shadow(color=#000000,direction=135,strength=5)'>By JOHN F. BURNS Published: May 5, 2009 LONDON — Eager to showcase new border controls aimed at keeping advocates of extremist views out of the country, the British government published what it called a name-and-shame list on Tuesday. It was the first time the government had publicly identified any of the 101 people who had been placed on an exclusion list since new powers to bar people who were deemed undesirables were adopted in 2005. The list, which named 16 people, covered only those who had been barred from entering Britain in the past six months, and it shielded the identity of 6 others also barred during the period on the grounds that naming them would be contrary to “the public interest.” The Home Office said one of the purposes of publishing the list was to draw attention to the increased use of the government’s barring powers, which had more than doubled since the 2005 restrictions were further tightened last year.Eight of the 16 named were Muslim clerics, writers and political advocates identified in brief sketches on the Home Office Web site as “engaging in unacceptable behavior” by “seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence.” Several on the list were Americans linked by the Home Office to right-wing extremist groups that promote hatred against racial or religious groups, or against homosexuals.The eight Muslim men named included Yunis...
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