Belfast knife attack victim left in coma but in 'stable condition', new family statement reveals

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The Belfast knife suspect was handed asylum in Britain under a "fast-track" Home Office scheme, it has emerged.

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Hadi Alodid - a Sudanese man charged with stabbing Stephen Ogilvie in the Kinnaird Avenue area of Belfast - travelled from Dublin to Northern Ireland in 2023 and was given refugee status later that year.

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However, under a "streamlined" scheme set up by then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, he was allowed to stay in the UK after completing a 10-page Home Office questionnaire.

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The programme was set up in a bid to ease a ballooning backlog of more than 92,000 asylum cases under the Tory Government and replaced the meticulous face-to-face interview process.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The scheme is still in place to this day.

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The family of the Belfast knife attack victim have said he is in hospital but in "stable condition".Mr Ogilvie, who survived the attack in the Kinnaird Avenue area of Belfast, is understood to be in an induced coma.The statement, issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), was made in order address "false information" which was circulating on social media, the family said."We have witnessed a lot of false information circulating on social media, which is now forcing us to clarify that our loved one is in fact in a stable condition, and we are solely focused on his recovery at this time," they said.The family added they were "disgusted" by the second night of disorder which they did not support, and again hailed the "many migrants" who "contribute to the country".They said: "We want to make it absolutely clear that to do this in response is not supported by our family, and peaceful protest is only ever the way forward."We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable...

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A: The Belfast knife suspect was handed asylum in Britain under a "fast-track" Home Office scheme, it has emerged.

B: The family of the Belfast knife attack victim have said he is in hospital but in "stable condition".Mr Ogilvie, who survived the attack in the Kinnaird Avenue area of Belfast, is understood to be in an induced coma.The statement, issued by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), was made in order address "false information" which was circulating on social media, the family said."We have witnessed a lot of false information circulating on social media, which is now forcing us to clarify that our loved one is in fact in a stable condition, and we are solely focused on his recovery at this time," they said.The family added they were "disgusted" by the second night of disorder which they did not support, and again hailed the "many migrants" who "contribute to the country".They said: "We want to make it absolutely clear that to do this in response is not supported by our family, and peaceful protest is only ever the way forward."We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable...