‘Burning injustice’ Stats released on foreigners involvement in sexual offences ‘shows pure rot in immigration system’

He said: said: "It's very difficult to talk about this, or even to get one's head around this without feeling pangs of pure anger.

"I'm sure you feel exactly the same way. This is a burning injustice and an absolute scandal. It exposes the sheer rot at the heart of our immigration system, which has quite literally ruined people's lives.

"Foreign nationals are three and a half times more likely to be arrested for sexual offences than British nationals, and two times more likely to be arrested for crimes.

"You've got large cohorts from Albania, Iraq, various countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Just look at the numbers. They're mind-boggling.

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"In total, 130,000 foreign nationals were arrested in England and Wales. These crimes include sexual assaults on children, grooming, human trafficking and even murder.

"These aren't just statistics in a newspaper or numbers on the computer screen, the criminal acts that have damaged or ruined people's lives.

"If we hadn't let these people waltz in here, much of that human suffering would have been avoided."

The Centre for Migration Control analysis revealed foreign nationals were 3.5 times more likely to be arrested for sexual offences.

Robert Bates, founder and research director of the Centre for Migration Control, called for immediate action on the findings.

"There should not be a single foreign national in the UK who is breaking our laws. Not one," he said.

He highlighted concerns about over ten thousand foreign nationals in Britain's prisons and "a merry-go-round of repeat offenders that we are unable to deport."

Bates urged the Home Office to introduce stricter visa protocols for nationalities with higher crime rates.

He suggested visa applicants from countries with the highest arrest rates should face additional scrutiny compared to those from nations with lower offending rates.

A Labour spokesman dismissed the criticism, pointing out that the Ministry of Justice already publishes data on foreign nationals in prisons.

"A quick reminder to the former secretary of state that the Ministry of Justice already publishes the data on convicted foreign nationals serving in our prisons, just like Denmark," the spokesman said.

The spokesman highlighted Labour's record since taking office: "We've already removed over 13,000 in our first few months in office."