Dismay over huge number of criminals let into UK

“dangerous individuals” coming into Britain. But a Sunday Express investigation found hundreds of convicted killers, sex offenders and paedophiles arrived over the three years between 2022 and 2024.

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They were identified after checks on foreign nationals arrested in the UK were carried out by the ACRO Criminal Records Office, a national police unit.

This found 359 guilty of murder or manslaughter, 239 guilty of rape and 313 guilty of child sex offences.

It means up to 911 people were identified in total. Some may have been counted more than once if they were arrested in Britain on multiple occasions. Many of the offenders came from Eastern European countries, including 409 from Romania.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “Murderers, rapists, child abusers. These are people who should never have been allowed anywhere near our country and should have been deported immediately.

“Every illegal immigrant should be kicked out within a week of arrival and every foreign criminal should be urgently deported. It’s that simple. Britain is supposed to have one of the most advanced criminal-record exchange systems in Europe yet under Labour it’s more sieve than shield.”