Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishAn alleged Hamas-supporting Channel migrant accused of entering the UK illegally on a dinghy has asked prosecutors to drop the case against him.Lawyers for 33-year-old Abu Wadee claim it is not proportionate for the Palestinian national to be charged with illegally entering the UK without clearance. It is alleged he was one of around 75 migrants on a cramped inflatable boat intercepted by Border Force on March 6 this year.They say Wadee, who previously called for ‘death to all Jews’, was not one of those in charge.They have asked prosecutors to review whether or not they will continue to charge him with the offence, which has a starting point of 12 months in jail and a maximum sentence of up to four years.He was refused bail during 40-minute hearing at Canterbury Crown Court, at which he appeared to be sporting an eye injury.His counsel, Audrey Mogan, said he had suffered ‘quite serious injuries’ to his face and body while on remand at HMP Dumbgate, a category-B jail in Staffordshire, after ‘individuals entered his cell’.She asked the court to bail her client, also known as Mosab Abdulkarim al-Gassas, on the basis that he had been offered Home Office accommodation, would wear a GPS tag, and would report regularly to the police and Home Office. Abu Wadee, who is 33, was held by Immigration Enforcement officers on suspicion of entering the UK illegally – days after uploading this image to social media of him apparently arriving in British waters The migrant has filmed himself chanting about killing Jews, and previously shared this picture on social media Wadee’s social media is replete with pictures of him posing with a Kalashnikov, an artillery shell and a menacing posse of masked menBut prosecutor Harriet Palfreman said the Home Office only provided the address in the event that bail was granted, and said the department actually did not support his conditional release.Ms Palfreman said there were ‘substantial grounds to believe if bailed the defendant would abscond, and also the risk posed to both the public and the defendant following media coverage of this case’.The court heard Wadee arrived in the UK last month having left Palestine in June 2022.He travelled first to Turkey, before heading to Greece by boat less than three months later.He stayed in Greece for one year before travelling on to Belgium, Germany and France, making failed asylum applications as he went.She said: ‘The defendant has shown disregard to laws by entering this country without valid entry clearance.’The chronology of countries he has been through in the last three years suggests he has an understanding of the immigration system.’She said Wadee has ‘no ties’ to the UK, whether familial or financial. Wadee, seen here posing with two assault rifles in front of a Palestine flag, is accused of entering the UK illegally Wadee, pictured posing with slingshot for hurling rocks, is said to have made his way through Europe before arriving in the UK last monthThe court heard Wadee live streamed his arrival in the UK to his social media followers, and had a significant online presence which she said included ‘various extreme views’ about the Jewish community.She said his release on bail presented a ‘clear threat to the Jewish community’ as well as to his own safety from ‘vigilante groups’.Defence counsel Ms Mogan said the Crown should reconsider its decision to prosecute her client, given he was ‘not alleged to have been someone who had his hand on the tiller’ inside the dinghy.She said he has no previous convictions, and had not previously come to the UK and then removed.She said: ‘These are the aggravating factors in CPS guidance when deciding whether to prosecute – none of those factors apply here.’Unless someone has had their hand on the tiller, it is unlikely someone simply sat on the boat is charged. Mr al-Gassas said there were about 75 sat in the boat.’Wadee will return to court next month when a decision on whether to press ahead with the charge against him is confirmed.Refusing bail, Her Honour Judge Sarah Counsell said she would not take into consideration media coverage of Wadee’s alleged support for extremist groups. Wadee has been identified by the Campaign Against Antisemitism group as a member of a Hamas-endorsed unit involved in serious violence on the Gaza-Israel border who wants to ‘die for the sake of Allah’ Other clips shared by Wadee of his journey to the UK show him sat outside a tent accompanied by other refugeesBut she said that ‘even with an address provided by the Home Office and a GPS tagged curfew, reporting to two of the authorities, it is not sufficient to allay my concerns’ about him either absconding or failing to surrender.Wadee – who has applied for asylum in the UK – showed no emotion as her decision was relayed to him courtesy of an Arabic interpreter in the dock.The Home Office’s own guidelines effectively prevent people being sent back to war-ravaged Gaza, raising concerns Wadee will be allowed to stay in Britain.Wadee charted his journey across Europe to his 170,000 TikTok followers, with some videos being viewed more than 2.5 million times.He also uploaded a video of himself and others on a dinghy in the Channel being approached by a Border Force boat, with the caption: ‘Thank God, we arrived in Britain.’But his account on the social media platform was taken down and listed as ‘banned’ after an investigation unearthed his extremist history.It included images of him brandishing assault rifles, and another in which he appeared to hold a tear-gas canister in his mouth during apparent clashes at the border with Israel.At a previous magistrates court hearing last month, prosecutors described how Wadee had shared ‘significant hate speech calling for the death of Jews’ as well as ‘support for Hamas’ and ‘pictures of him with various military weapons’.
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