'The CPS even admits that it does not record or track whether a suspect or defendant is an asylum seeker in any way. That is not good enough'

OFFICIALS have admitted they do not know how many sex offences have been committed by asylum seekers.

- Steph Spyro and Michael Knowles

The revelation, following a Daily Express probe, sparked uproar.

Reform MP Lee Anderson branded it "yet another failure of the British state to protect its citizens".

It also emerged that asylum seekers are not asked to give a DNA sample, unlike in other countries, including the US.

The news that the CPS in England and Wales does not keep track of the number of sex offences by asylum seekers came following a Freedom of Information request by the Express.

Protests near hotels housing migrants have been organised up and down the country in recent weeks.

This followed reports of alleged sex attacks and one Ethiopian asylum seeker aged 38 being charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old.

Hadush Kebatu, staying at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, denies it.

Two men have also appeared in court charged in connection with the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton. Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch has alleged they are asylum seekers.

Mr Anderson said: "The CPS has failed to collect data on how many illegal migrants are committing sexual offences. Is this due to incompetence or an attempt to protect the reputation of illegals?" In the year to March, the CPS in England and Wales authorised charges for 14,914 people suspected of committing a sexual offence.

A conviction for such a crime was obtained against 13,190 defendants in the same period.

But the CPS said it would have to manually review each case to assess the perpetrator's immigration status and there was a chance it was never recorded at all.