Labour Faces Fresh Migrant Crisis as Shocking Figures Reveal How Many Foreign Criminals Are Still Living on UK Streets Despite Facing Deportation

Labour is facing growing criticism over the number of foreign criminals who are still living in the UK despite facing deportation.

New Home Office figures show that 21,294 foreign nationals who have been convicted of crimes and are facing removal are currently living in communities across Britain.

The figures have raised concerns about why so many offenders have not been sent back to their home countries.

A new report has also revealed that convicted criminals from countries including Jamaica, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Algeria and Bangladesh are among those least likely to be deported.

The findings come as a new survey suggests that nearly seven in ten British people believe foreign nationals who commit crimes in the UK should be deported.

According to the poll, carried out by Find Out Now for the Centre for Migration Control, 69% of people support deporting foreign nationals who are convicted of crimes.

The survey also found that 60% of people who voted Labour in the 2024 General Election support the idea. Among those who said they would vote Labour if an election were held today, support stood at 62%.

Support was even higher among Conservative and Reform UK voters, with 95% and 96% respectively agreeing that foreign criminals should be removed from Britain.

However, the survey found that one in five people living in London opposed the proposal to deport every foreign national convicted of a crime.

Robert Bates, research director at the Centre for Migration Control, said the figures show that the Government is failing to meet the expectations of the British public.

He argued that most people believe anyone who comes to Britain and commits a crime should face deportation.

Bates also claimed that criminals from certain countries have very little chance of being removed, even after being convicted.

He warned that the Home Office was facing what he described as a crisis of public trust because thousands of foreign offenders remained in British communities.

According to him, the situation has raised serious questions about public safety and the Government’s ability to enforce immigration laws.

The latest figures, obtained through Freedom of Information requests, provide further details about the number of foreign criminals awaiting deportation.

In June 2025, there were 773 Nigerian offenders living in the community while awaiting removal from the UK.

However, only 37 Nigerian offenders had been returned during the previous 12 months.

The situation was similar for Jamaican nationals. Figures showed that 775 Jamaican offenders were still living in British communities while facing deportation, but only 24 had been removed during the same period.

For Algeria, 569 offenders were living in the community in June 2025, while only 25 had been returned over the previous year.

The analysis also showed major differences in deportation rates depending on the country involved.

According to the figures, the deportation rate was 3.1% for Jamaican offenders, 3.4% for Sri Lankan offenders, 3.7% for Moroccan offenders, 4.2% for Algerian offenders, 4.8% for Nigerian offenders and 6.2% for Bangladeshi offenders.

These percentages were calculated by comparing removals over a 12-month period with the number of offenders awaiting deportation, rather than tracking the outcome of every individual case.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp criticised the Government over the findings.

He claimed it took him a year to obtain the information from the Home Office and accused officials of trying to prevent the figures from becoming public.

According to Philp, the information was eventually released after an appeal involving the Information Commissioner’s Office.

He said the figures showed that criminals from some Eastern European countries were being deported at much higher rates than those from countries outside Europe.

Philp expressed particular concern about the low number of removals involving Nigerian and Jamaican offenders.

He also claimed that some foreign criminals had gone on to commit serious offences, including murder and rape, after remaining in Britain when they should have been deported.

The Conservative politician argued that some offenders use human rights, asylum and modern slavery claims to challenge their removal.

He said that if he became Home Secretary, he would introduce tougher measures to make it easier to deport foreign criminals.

His proposals include leaving the European Convention on Human Rights and restricting the ability of foreign criminals to make asylum claims.

Philp insisted that protecting British citizens should come before allowing convicted foreign nationals to remain in the country.

Meanwhile, the number of foreign offenders living in British communities while facing deportation has continued to rise.

Home Office figures show that the total has increased by more than 1,000 in just three months.

The number has also nearly doubled compared with the final three months of 2020, when 10,373 foreign offenders were recorded as living in the community.

Officials have linked part of the recent increase to changes in sentencing and deportation rules.

The Government has introduced measures aimed at reducing short prison sentences and expanding deportation rules to include certain offenders who receive suspended sentences of 12 months or more.

However, critics argue that making more people eligible for deportation will not solve the problem if the Government cannot actually remove them.

Further concerns have been raised after Home Office records showed that 82 convicted murderers and 233 convicted rapists left immigration detention facilities during the year to June.

The Government has not provided a breakdown showing how many were released on immigration bail and how many were deported.

The debate comes at a time when immigration enforcement is also being discussed in the United States.

President Donald Trump recently suggested that some parts of his immigration crackdown may have been too strict.

Trump said he had received strong support for securing the border and removing dangerous criminals.

However, he acknowledged that some people who entered the United States illegally were working, paying taxes and contributing to businesses.

He suggested that removing people who had jobs and had not committed other offences might have gone too far.

His comments have added to the wider debate about how governments should deal with people who break immigration laws and those convicted of more serious crimes.

Back in Britain, the Home Office has defended its record on deportations.

A Home Office spokeswoman said foreign nationals who receive prison sentences in the UK are referred for deportation at the earliest opportunity.

She added that those who are deported are banned from returning to Britain.

The department also insisted that the Government has increased the number of foreign criminals being removed from the country.

According to the Home Office, nearly 12,000 foreign offenders, including people convicted of murder and rape, have been returned or deported in the two years since the last General Election.

Officials said this represents a 41% increase compared with the previous two-year period.

The Home Office also said the overall number of returns has reached its highest level in almost ten years.

Despite these claims, critics continue to question why more than 21,000 convicted foreign nationals facing deportation are still living in communities across the UK.

The figures have increased pressure on Labour to explain what it plans to do about the growing number of offenders awaiting removal.

With polling suggesting strong public support for deporting foreign criminals, the issue is likely to remain a major challenge for the Government as it faces calls to tighten immigration enforcement and improve public safety.