Hamas-supporting asylum seeker is moved by police from taxpayer-funded Corby home as deportation is sought

From the Newshound archive · first published 30 September 2026 · last updated 1 October 2026.

Abu Wadee, 34, a Palestinian small-boat migrant who posted videos calling for Allah to kill Jews "one by one... don't leave a single one", has been driven from his taxpayer-funded asylum house in Corby under police escort. Wadee was jailed after arriving illegally by small boat in March 2025, then released under the early release scheme, recalled for breaching licence conditions, and placed in an HMO with three other migrants. Home Office officials are now seeking to remove him from the country. Local Labour MP Lee Barron has called for his immediate deportation.

Wadee, wearing a hooded jacket, sunglasses and a baseball cap to hide his face, left the Corby property with an ankle tag visible beneath his trousers.

Before arriving in the UK, Wadee was a member of Hamas-affiliated militant outfit the 'Tyre Burning Unit', throwing firebombs and rocks at Israeli border forces.

He claims he no longer supports Hamas, has Jewish friends, and wants to stay in Britain — having paid smugglers €1,500 for his small-boat crossing.