Boat Migrant Who Paid £1,300 to Come to the UK Illegally Begs the Home Office Not to Remove Him from the Country After His Comments Made Officials Want to Deport Him

A Palestinian man accused of posting threats against Jewish people on TikTok is living in a taxpayer-funded house in Britain, according to The Sun. The Home Office says it is working to remove him from the country.

Abu Wadee, whose full name is Mosab Abdulkarim al-Gassas, reportedly arrived on the Kent coast in March 2025 after paying £1,300 to cross the Channel in a small boat. He also shared a live video of his arrival online.

The report says he had previously applied for asylum in Greece, Germany and Belgium, but those applications were unsuccessful.

In May 2025, he was sentenced to nine months in prison for immigration offences. He was later released under the Government’s early release scheme after serving about 40 per cent of his sentence. Following his release, he wore an electronic ankle tag.

Wadee, 34, is now reportedly sharing a three-bedroom house in Corby, Northamptonshire, with three other migrants. The property is said to be worth £157,000.

His past social media posts have raised serious concerns. According to the report, he shared pictures of himself holding AK-47 rifles and posted messages calling for violence against Jewish people.

He has also been linked in reports to Gaza’s “Tyre-Burning Unit”, a group said to have thrown firebombs at Israeli forces.

However, Wadee says he has changed his views and no longer supports Hamas. Speaking to the Northamptonshire Telegraph, he said he liked living in Corby and wanted to stay in Britain. He also said he had a Jewish friend and was glad to be away from Hamas rule.

Some people living nearby said they were worried after learning about the allegations against him.

One neighbour said she supported helping people who had escaped war, but felt strongly that threats against Jewish people were unacceptable. She said the other people living in the house had been friendly, but Wadee’s reported comments had left her shocked.

The neighbour explained that a family had previously lived in the property before it became a shared house.

Another resident said she felt frightened after discovering that Wadee lived on her street. She was concerned about the influence he might have on her son and other young people.

According to the report, a taxi arrived at the house to collect Wadee after the allegations received attention, but a housing officer turned the driver away.

Wadee has also been accused of making money from his online videos. One clip believed to have been posted by him showed his ankle tag while he spoke in Arabic about injustice. The video reportedly received more than one million views.

Another video, said to have been posted the following month, showed him riding a bicycle and helped people identify where he was living. Other clips reportedly showed him encouraging young people to shout “Free Palestine”.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism said it had examined his online activity and found posts from 2024 calling for Jewish people to be killed. The group said it used facial recognition technology to identify him before passing his details to the Home Office.

The organisation rejected his claim that having a Jewish friend answered concerns about his previous comments. It said his past posts still needed to be taken seriously.

The group also said it had asked the Crown Prosecution Service to bring terrorism charges against him, but that request was refused. His reported conviction was for immigration offences.

It questioned why he remained in Britain after his prison sentence and called on TikTok to take stronger action against accounts that break its rules. The group also claimed he had continued posting despite previous bans.

Local Labour MP Lee Barron said he was shocked by the reports and would contact the Home Secretary to ask for Wadee’s immediate deportation.

The Home Office confirmed that officials were working to remove him from Britain. However, the report did not give a date for his removal.

A Government spokesperson said foreign nationals who receive prison sentences in the UK are referred for deportation as soon as possible. The spokesperson also said more than 11,000 foreign offenders had been returned or deported since the election.