The number of foreign criminals living freely in the UK who are eligible for deportation has exceeded 10,000 for the first time, figures reveal.
By the end of the year 2020, more than 10,373 former prisoners eligible for deportation were living in the United Kingdom freely.
The figure has doubled in the last five years despite repeated government pledges to boost deportations of foreign nationals.
The number of foreign criminals deported from the UK fell to its lowest rate on record, with only 3,374 foreign national offenders being removed in the 12 months to September 2020.
In 2020 alone, nearly 2,600 foreign criminals were released from prison rather than being deported to their home nations – this means an average of seven foreign criminals were set free onto British streets per day last year.
There are also currently around 9,000 foreign national offenders currently imprisoned in the country, accounting for over a tenth of the total prison population.
David Spencer, of the Centre for Crime Prevention, told the Daily Mail: “It is an outrage that so many convicted foreign criminals have been left free to roam our streets.
“The Home Secretary [Priti Patel] needs to ensure that, where possible, all foreign criminals are returned to their home country once they have served their time.”
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