‘They know we won’t like it!’ Adam Brooks rages as key asylum figures are HIDDEN from Britons

It was revealed by The Telegraph that Information Commissioner John Edwards backed the Home Office’s refusal to reveal the cost of furnishing a block of flats to be used by 346 asylum seekers in Farnborough, Hampshire.

According to Brooks, the information is not being released because “they know we [Britons] won’t like it”.

“In numerous countries across Europe that publish the data, there is a correlation between increased immigration and increased crime”, he said.

“We allowed 1.4 million visas to the UK in 2023 alone. I would like to know if they are contributing to this country financially or in other ways or if they are committing crimes.

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“In Germany in 2023, 18 per cent of all sexual assaults were asylum seekers. There were 761 gang rapes in Germany in 2023, 47 and a half per cent of the suspects were foreign born.

“In Denmark, immigrants and descendants committed 29 per cent of all violent crime, yet they make up just 14 per cent of the population.

“There is obviously a serious problem culturally coming to Europe and we need to know about it. The only way we will is if we have the statistics.”

Broadcaster Nina Myskow waded in on the discussion to agree with the sentiment of public disclosure.

She warned the lack of openness could lead to riots, like Britain saw in the early stages of August.

“It wasn’t a government statistic, this was just one case. It is a dreadful situation when facts that might not correlate with what people want will set things off”, she said.

It comes after Edwards rejected an appeal to release the information regarding asylum flats under freedom of information (FoI) laws.

He said the public interest in revealing the cost to the taxpayer of furnishing was outweighed by the need to protect asylum seekers.

“In the commissioner’s view, there is a very clear and weighty public interest in avoiding endangerment to the health or safety of any individual,” a statement from his office, giving his verdict, said.

“While the commissioner appreciates the public interest in the cost of providing accommodation used to accommodate asylum seekers, in his view this is outweighed by the Home Office neither confirming nor denying whether it holds any information falling within the scope of this request.”