Why was the Clapham attack suspect's asylum claim approved?
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4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Today we look at why a convicted sex offender, now wanted for an attack involving a chemical, was given permission to stay in the UK in 2020.
Abdul Shokoor Ezedi is alleged to have thrown an alkali onto a woman and her two children, injuring them and nine others in the process. James is joined by BBC London reporter, Matt Graveling and immigration lawyer, Jacqueline McKenzie.
And big tech is under the spotlight as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech bosses gave evidence to the US senate about how their companies were protecting children online. Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen and our disinformation & social media correspondent Marianna Spring explain how social media can cause harm.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | So it's just after 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, |
| 0:07.5 | and as we record, 35-year-old Abdul Shakurizidi |
| 0:10.8 | is still wanted by police as a suspect in an alkali attack in South London. |
| 0:17.2 | It happened on Wednesday night and police say that a mother and her two daughters aged 8 and 3 were injured in that attack. |
| 0:25.8 | So obviously there's a lot of attention now turning to the issues of corrosive substances |
| 0:30.8 | being used as weapons and again to the issue of violence against women |
| 0:35.8 | and girls. But there's one other thing we learned last night that Abdullah Zidi |
| 0:40.3 | who's originally from Afghanistan was granted asylum in the UK in 2020 despite having |
| 0:47.0 | been convicted two years before that of sexual assault in Newcastle. |
| 0:51.6 | So also questions it seems for the home office, and we're going to |
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