An immigrant carried out a knifepoint attack to be deported back to a war-torn African country - because he found Britain worse than his homeland.

Kasiba Misigaro, 21, who was living off state handouts, had asked the immigration services to send him home but they did nothing - despite him having been convicted of 21 offences over the past five years.

So he pulled a knife on an African friend hoping to be deported, believing he will have a better life back in Burundi, one of the ten poorest countries in the world.

Misigaro targeted Isce Akanbi, 40, last month in West Ham tube station in east London.

He threatened Mr Akanbi with a knife before taking two mobile phones and a wallet.

Mr Akanbi and two friends pursued Misigaro and eventually he dropped the stolen items, along with his weapon. Police arrested him at the scene.

He told officers: 'I only did it because I wanted to go home. I don't want to be here.'  He insisted he did not intend to stab the victim, only frighten him.


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James Lofthouse, prosecuting, told Inner London Crown Court: 'He was on benefits, hates being in the UK, has no interest in working or integrating, has no money, and would commit further offences if he remained here.

'He said he had already approached the immigration services about going to Burundi but they didn't seem particularly interested in assisting.'

Judge Simon Gerald remarked: 'If we put him on a plane I imagine he'd like that too.' 

Charles Langley, defending, said: 'This is a rather unusual case, where the defendant wants to be sent back home. I would seek that your honour makes a recommendation for deportation.'

The court heard Misigaro has amassed convictions for 21 offences in the last five years and was completing an unpaid work order for his last crime, an attempted robbery, when he committed this offence.

Judge Gerald said it was a 'very serious offence', aggravated by the fact Misigaro was on a community order at the time.

Misigaro, of Plaistow, east London, admitted robbery and was jailed for three years.
He will be automatically deported at the end of his sentence.

lol seriously. . . . why wasnt his visa expired from the first crime?

platinumnk:

lol seriously. . . . why wasnt his visa expired from the first crime?

perhaps it wasn't enough to send him back home- Britain is soft touch on crime human right yada yada yada

I swear I love this country you can get everything for free really, including a free ticket back home

^^ how can he commit that many crimes and not send himback?

I think its because they didnt have any planes to Burndi lol

Hope they don't send him to naija when they finally decide to deport him? In the sight of those fools, every black criminal is a Nigerian!!

He could have just turned himself in as an illegal immigrant. He didn't have to add another crime to it.

Seun:

He could have just turned himself in as an illegal immigrant. He didn't have to add another crime to it.

a simple phone call would have proved otherwise

bluespice:

a simple phone call would have proved otherwise

How so?

his passport number sent to the immigration people, check it and his status will show.

Seun:

He could have just turned himself in as an illegal immigrant. He didn't have to add another crime to it.

Yes SEUN you are right, the guy made a mistake

Seun:

He could have just turned himself in as an illegal immigrant. He didn't have to add another crime to it.

Or he could have simply gotten a job to pay for his ticket back to Burundi or saved up his benefit money and been on his way. The ungrateful lazy RoosterDrinker! I bet he didn't want to leave but knew his time was up after all the crimes he had committed and so started to front like he wanted to leave anyway. What an !diot!

Nigeria wasn't mentioned anywhere in the article posted so calm down. The British conquered the world and so surely they know the difference between their former British colony, Nigeria and a former Belgium one, Burundi.

igbonla:

Hope they don't send him to naija when they finally decide to deport him? In the sight of those fools, every black criminal is a Nigerian!!