Deportation crisis as 20,000 foreign offenders remain free in UK despite removal orders

Around 20,000 foreign offenders are living freely in British communities despite being subject to deportation orders, new data has revealed.The figures, published for June 2025 and the first of their kind, also show that removal rates for some nationalities are running as low as one in 20.For countries including Nigeria and Algeria, barely 5 per cent of offenders awaiting removal can realistically expect to leave the UK.Overall deportation numbers have risen sharply under Labour, from roughly 8,000 in 2020 under the Conservatives to 36,000 in 2025. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Yet foreign criminals represent fewer than 30 per cent of total removals from Britain.Of the 773 Nigerian offenders awaiting deportation, just 37 were...

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