Gun-toting migrant who called for the 'death of all Jews' is back behind bars after breaching licence conditions
Palestinian Abu Wadee was sent back to prison within days of his release under Labour's scheme to ease pressure on the overcrowded prison estate.
The 33-year-old was initially jailed for nine months at Canterbury Crown Court in May after he was convicted over his illegal arrival in the UK on a dinghy, which he had live-streamed on TikTok.
He admitted one count of attempting to enter the UK without leave or valid entry clearance when he arrived on the crowded inflatable on March 6.
Wadee was arrested by immigration enforcement officers at an asylum hotel in Manchester, three days after he arrived in the UK, after the MoS uncovered a stream of online anti-Semitic vitriol in which he called for the 'death to all Jews'.
Wadee, also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, is believed to be from the city of Khan Yunis in Gaza.
Images on social media show him taking part in running battles with the Israel Defence Forces.
He was released from prison in June after serving around three months, including time spent in custody awaiting his plea hearing.
Sources confirmed Wadee was recalled to prison early last month for breaching his licence conditions.
He will now serve the remainder of his nine-month sentence behind bars. It is not known what prompted his recall to jail.
A 12-month jail term usually triggers automatic removal from the UK, so a court will have to decide whether to deport Wadee.
But he would likely have to be sent to one of the European countries he previously passed through on his journey to the UK, rather than his homeland due to the conflict with Israel making it a warzone.
He has lodged an asylum application in the UK, having previously made similar applications in Greece, Belgium and Germany before crossing the Channel.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'This shameful episode lays bare a double Labour failure.
'Firstly, their failure to control our borders is allowing people like this hateful extremist into our country.
'And then Labour's early release scheme is allowing dangerous criminals to roam our streets and put the public at risk.'
Wadee is just one of 25,000 migrants to have arrived in the UK in small boats so far this year.
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