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Home Affairs Editor - Migration, asylum, terrorism, national security, crime, justice & prisons for @Daily_Express. Views my own. Golfer in my spare time.
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A record number of foreign criminals are on the streets of Britain

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By Michael Knowles Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Labour's sentencing reforms have led to a record number of foreign criminals prowling the streets, the Home Office has conceded. Some 21,294 convicted crooks are living in the community because they have not been deported . This is up by more than 1,000 in the past three months alone, with officials blaming the Government's changes to sentencing rules.
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Vast majority of small boat migrants are still living in the UK, bombshell figures show

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By Michael Knowles Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Fewer than 10,000 small boat migrants have been removed from the UK since the crisis began eight years ago, staggering figures show. The Home Office removed just 3,310 arrivals in the year to June 2026, with a third of these sent back to Albania. Analysis shows just 9,694 migrants who arrived on dinghies have been deported between 2018 - but Government records show almost 210,000 asylum seekers have crossed the Channel since people smugglers started launching boats in 2018.
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Shock official figures reveal rise in asylum seekers living in communities across UK

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By Michael Knowles Verified
| MSN UK Verified
Almost 70,000 asylum seekers are now living in communities as Labour continues to spread migrants across the country , bombshell new figures reveal. Some 69,038 are now living in houses, flats and bedsits - including large houses in multiple occupation or HMOs - which is up from 68,719 asylum seekers in May. This includes 4,790 failed asylum seekers . The number of migrants living in hotels has fallen to 16,021.
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