This morning's edition of You Couldn't Make It Up stars 31-year-old Moroccan Rashid Ali, who came to this country six years ago in search of a better life.
He tore up his passport and pretended to be Algerian, in the belief that he stood more chance of being granted asylum.
A short while after arriving, he decided that Britain wasn't all it was cracked up to be. So, naturally, he decided to leave.
With the myriad problems we have deporting failed asylum seekers and terrorists, you might have thought the authorities would be happy to see the back of him.
After all, the Government has resorted to bribing illegal immigrants to go home, even chartering special flights to repatriate them.
So they should have been offering to drive Rashid to the airport and bidding him a fond farewell. Missing you already
But the Moroccans are in no rush to get him back and have failed to issue him with a new passport. And because he has no papers, British officials refused to let him leave. When he tried to escape, he was arrested and put in detention.
So far, he has stowed away on six cargo ships, but each time he has been brought back. He has even been offered his own flat to persuade him to stay put, but refused.
Rashid is currently being held in a 'removals' centre near Heathrow, even though he won't be going anywhere fast.
This Kafkaesque farce has been running since 2004, during which time Rashid has been jailed for nine months for stealing a coat and made the subject of a deportation order.
More than a year ago a judge promised to 'kick some backsides' at the Home Office, saying the refusal to repatriate him beggared belief.
It costs ?43,000 a year to keep him in detention. The bill to the British taxpayer, including legal fees, adds up to more than ?300,000.
We have known for a decade that Britain's asylum and immigration system is absurd. But this case is beyond bonkers.
If Rashid Ali wants to leave, let him. If Morocco doesn't want him, he can try his luck somewhere else.
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And I have seen posters saying they will still vote Labour.