Dozens of ‘dangerous’ foreign nationals are being allowed to keep living in the UK as the Home Office cannot deport them due to human rights laws.
Some 170 people who pose a threat to public safety are currently being housed under restrictions across the country, according to government documents.
And more than half of these people are said to ‘have been involved in terrorism or extremism-related activities’.
It is understood that some of the restrictions imposed on foreign nationals may include 24-hour surveillance and the wearing of an ankle monitor.
However, it is not clear precisely what measures are in force and how many of the security threats cannot be booted out.
Foreign criminals and unsuccessful asylum applicants are currently escaping deportation back to their native countries by claiming the right to a family life.
This right is set out under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, of which the UK remains a member.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has pledged stricter immigration regulations and a revision of human rights legislation.
But in light of the most recent findings in a Government Equality Impact Assessment on the Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill, there are demands for Labour to go further.
The document reads: ‘Provisions for imposing conditions on immigration leave where a foreign national poses a threat to the public but cannot be removed from the UK may be more likely to affect certain age groups.
‘The conditions provided for by the measures will only be used in a very low number of cases involving conduct such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, extremism, serious crime or where the person poses a threat to national security or public safety.
‘At the time of this EIA, around 170 people are currently on restricted leave, with over half having been involved in terrorism or extremism-related activities.’
A Home Office minister told the Sunday Express that it was ‘disgraceful’ that dangerous foreign nationals have been allowed to stay in the UK.
Border Security and Asylum Minister Alex Norris said: ‘It is disgraceful that terrorists have been able to stay in the UK under previous rules. Our new laws will place strict restrictions on foreign nationals who pose a threat, tracking their every move.
‘These laws will also enable us to get terrorists rapidly deported from British soil and keep our country safe.’
However, the discoveries have rekindled demands for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and for human rights legislation to be revised.
Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said: ‘Our broken borders are a national security emergency. We have to leave the ECHR and deport every single one of these terrorists and extremists.
‘This government is clueless as to how bad the problem is and how to fix it.’
Meanwhile, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage added that the Labour government is ‘filled to the brim with woke human rights lawyers’.
He said Sir Keir Starmer’s administration is ‘prioritising’ a court in Strasbourg over the British people.
This comes as it was revealed this week that ministers are unaware of the number of undocumented immigrants in Britain or the number who use human rights legislation to evade deportation.
When foreign terrorists enjoy more human rights than the nation’s own residents, and politicians have been doing nothing for years while ignoring all the warnings, something is seriously wrong.
How much does all this monitoring cost on top of this security risk?
So, it is said that there are 170 that they actually know of, so how many more are free to plot crimes against our country? The UK is beyond a joke, and it’s going to get a lot worse if Labour are allowed to remain in power.
If you are a migrant in the UK and you break the law, you should immediately lose any rights you may have to stay in the country, regardless of your circumstances.
They talk about the human rights of migrants, but what about the human rights of the people who were born in the UK? They’re in danger too? We all have a right to be safe, but not in the UK, it seems – the perpetrators always have more rights than their victims.
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