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Three Iranian men who were asylum seekers charged with spying offences in UK

Three Iranian men who were asylum seekers charged with spying offences in UK

Sky News AU19-05-2025
Writer and Broadcaster Esther Krakue discusses three "egregious" Iranian asylum seekers who appeared in a UK court being charged for allegedly targeting journalists for an independent media outlet ahead of acts of violence planned against them.
Ms Krakue suggests some of these 'unvetted men' who immigrate to the UK 'have links to terrorism'.
'One of those Iranian terror suspects actually came across on the small boats from the channel,' Ms Krakue told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
'It only takes one for people to realise how broken the system is.
'We've lost complete control of the system.'
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