Albanian Criminal Stays in UK Over Son’s Chicken Nugget Preference
An Albanian criminal has been allowed to stay in the UK after a judge ruled that deporting him would be “unduly harsh” on his ten-year-old son—partly because the child refuses to eat chicken nuggets from other countries. Yes, you heard that right. A convicted criminal avoided deportation on the grounds that his son dislikes the taste of foreign chicken nuggets.
Klevis Disha, 39, entered the UK illegally in 2001 at the age of 15, using a fake identity and falsely claiming to be from the former Yugoslavia. His asylum claim was rejected, but he was later granted UK citizenship in 2007. He built a life in Britain, met his partner—an Albanian who had also gained UK citizenship—and had children. However, his past caught up with him in 2017 when he was jailed for two years after being caught with £250,000 in cash, the proceeds of crime.
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Following his conviction, the Home Office ordered his deportation and stripped him of his British citizenship, as it had been obtained through deception. However, Disha appealed, and a tribunal ruled in his favor, citing concerns about the well-being of his son, referred to only as "C." The court heard that the boy has "additional needs," though he has no formal diagnosis. His reliance on familiar food, particularly his refusal to eat chicken nuggets from abroad, was cited as a key factor in the ruling.
This decision has sparked outrage, with critics calling it a prime example of how the UK’s immigration system is being exploited. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp slammed the ruling, arguing that criminals are taking advantage of human rights laws and weak judicial decisions to avoid deportation. Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick went even further, calling the ruling “mind-boggling” and “an insult to the British public.”
The Home Office maintains that foreign criminals should expect to be removed from the UK and highlights that thousands have already been deported. However, cases like this raise serious questions about the country’s ability to enforce immigration laws effectively.
At the heart of this controversy is a fundamental debate: should the UK continue to allow convicted criminals to stay based on emotional or lifestyle factors? Or should the government take a firmer stance on deporting those who break the law? One thing is for sure—many Britons will find it hard to digest that a criminal has been allowed to stay in the country because of a child’s food preferences.
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