Following a year-long battle at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), it was ruled that the Ministry of Justice must provide the Centre for Migration Control with the most comprehensive dataset on migrant crime in British history.

The Labour government is now trying to stop the public learning the truth.

The Daily Telegraph has run this story: “David Lammy fighting to ‘cover up’ foreigners’ crimes”.

The Centre for Migration Control today announces a campaign to fight back against this cover-up. The public deserve to know the truth, the country requires that this information be published.

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Background

For the last year the Centre for Migration Control (CMC) has been locked in a battle at the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) - a non-department government body tasked with upholding public access to government data - with the Ministry of Justice.

In June 2025 the CMC requested via the FOI Act 2000 that the Ministry of Justice produce statistics on the total number of convictions between 2018 and 2024 ( broken down by nationality) for detailed offences within the following headline offence categories: “violence against the person”, “sexual offences”, “drug offences”, “criminal damage and arson”, “possession of weapons”, “theft offences”, and “robbery”.

This information would have been the single biggest release of migrant crime statistics in British history and, for the first time, told us how many migrants are convicted every year of murder, rape, arson, the importation and supply of class A drugs, the sale of weapons, along with hundreds of other offences.

Unlike other European nations - including Denmark, Germany, and Sweden - the British government does not publish this information. This is despite the information being readily available on the Police National Computer.

The Ministry of Justice refused this FOI request and, on 10th July 2025, the CMC requested that the ICO make a ruling on whether it was appropriate for the data to be withheld.

On 22nd June 2026, over 12 months after the initial FOI request, the ICO ruled unambiguously that the Ministry of Justice must “disclose the requested information” to the CMC.

The ICO found that the MOJ had not provided any evidence which justified that the data be withheld.

The MOJ claimed that providing this information would breach Section 40 (2) of the FOI Act, which is designed to stop the identification of individuals.

However, in a blow to the government, the ICO found that the “MoJ has not demonstrated how a motivated intruder would move from general reporting of offences to the precise matching of individuals to aggregated statistical cells”.

The MOJ then attempted to claim that producing this data would exceed the cost limits set out by the FOI Act (Section 12) and that, as such, they were not required to produce the information. Again, the ICO found that this claim was unfounded and that “the MoJ has failed to demonstrate that section 12(1) is engaged”.

You can read the full ruling below.

The ICO’s ruling left no doubt: there was no justifiable reason for the MOJ to not produce this information.

However, rather than accept this ruling, on 17th July, the Labour government launched an appeal at the First-tier Tribunal hoping to overturn this ruling and to prevent the publication of the data.

The government has requested a 28-day extension for it to produce a case against the ICO’s ruling. At this point, the decision will then go to the General Regulatory Council.

Firstly, this clearly negates alleged concerns about cost - given they will now be spending taxpayers’ money fighting the release of the data .

But, more importantly, this raises serious questions about what is being hidden.

We already know that at a migrant is arrested in England and Wales every 3 minutes, that over 40% of those charged with sex crimes in London are foreign nationals, and that at four in ten arrests on Britain’s railway network are foreigners (including 80% of thefts).

What is contained within this data that is so abhorrent the British state has felt it has no choice but to conduct a legal attack on transparency?

It is worth noting, that as part of its engagement with the ICO, some of the information on convictions for the years 2018-2024 has now already been compiled. It is ready to be published. The only reason they are blocking its publication is because they want to keep the public in the dark.

A further point of note is that, as of 19th July 2026, the Ministry of Justice has failed to comply with a similar FOI act requesting conviction data by nationality for 2025.

The publication of this data is essential. If we wish to ensure that the government commits to a proper deportation programme of foreign criminals then we need to know how many have been convicted. If we want to see visa bans on nationalities that disproportionately commit crime in this country, then we need this data. If we want the Home Office to detain Channel migrants, rather than let them roam around our communities, then we need to hold them to account with this data.

Britain will only adopt a sensible migration policy when the public has access to this information.

Be in no doubt, the Centre for Migration Control intends to fight the Labour government at every turn, and deploy every available mechanism to ensure that the public has full access to this data.

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There has been recent online concern about the Register of Licence sponsors and - as highlighted by the Procurement Files - the number of low-grade businesses that appear on the list.

This follows previous research by the Centre for Migration Control in 2025 that revealed kebab houses and halal butchers were not just on the list, but actually awarding dozens of Certificates of Sponsorship to migrants.

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Following this renewed interest in the register of sponsors, the size of which has increased fourfold since 2020, the CMC is publishing an investigation that shows the list is not just a route for low-skilled migration, but a potential national security threat.

New research conducted by the Centre for Migration Control, using data obtained by FOI, reveals that the Home Office has permitted controversial, Iranian regime-supporting Islamic organisations to actually AWARD certificates of sponsorship to migrants.

The findings show that the Shia Asna Ashri Islamic Centre, the Manchester Islamic Institute, and the Islamic Centre of England are all on the Home Office’s register of licenced sponsors. These groups have previously either celebrated the Iranian revolution, operated as consulates for Iran, or been identified as a “central node” of Tehran’s influence in Britain.

Furthermore, information obtained via FOI shows Labour has allowed the controversial Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation, led by a former member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the Islamic Centre of Central London, which does not allow women onto the premises, to join the list.

Organisations given the right to sponsor migrants since July 2024

Data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI2026/02482) shows that, since July 2024, 27,678 organisations have been added to the skilled worker register of sponsors.

Amongst these organisations are groups that have celebrated the Iranian Islamic revolution, and those that act as the Iranian regime’s de factor consulate in Scotland.

Shia Asna Ashri Islamic Centre:

The Times reported, in 2019, that the Shia Asna Ashri Islamic Centre (SAAIC) had provided consular services for Iran, allowing Iranians living in Scotland to vote in a Presidential election.

It was also listed on the Iranian embassy website as a venue that provided consular services.

In 2017 it hosted an event to mark the “Islamic Revolutionary Fajr” — a celebration of the anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini’s return to Iran before the 1979 revolution.

Iranian dissidents regularly protested outside the SAAIC premises, believing the organisation to be Iran’s de facto consulate in Scotland.

Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation:

In 2009 it was reported that senior members of the Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation (ISF) were senior members and activists of Hizb ut-Tahrir - the Islamist extremist group that wants to create a universal caliphate and was proscribed by the British government in 2024.

This led to the then leader of the opposition, David Cameron describing the foundation as a “front organisation” for Hizb.

The 2009 report found that the schools’ website said their “ultimate goal” and “foremost work” was the creation of an “Islamic personality” in children.

The schools’ history curriculum stated that children are taught that “there must be one ruler of the khilafah [caliphate]”. The schools’ website said that “in the glorious history of Islam… the Sharia was the norm”.

The staff named in the report included the ISF Trustee Farah Ahmed, who remains chair of the charity and designed the curriculum. She has previously written in a Hizb journal condemning the “corrupt Western practices of materialism and freedom”.

The ISF runs schools in North London and Slough, and in 2010, was cleared by the Charity Commission of any wrongdoing, despite Ahmed admitting to being a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir in the past.

In 2015, Ofsted found that classes in the ISF’s London school were “too heavily based around Islam”, “focusing too much on the Islamic perspective”, and “fundamental British values and citizenship are not sufficiently well promoted” at the site.

Manchester Islamic Institute (t/a Manchester Islamic Centre)

The Manchester Islamic Institute (MII) has previously hosted celebrations of the “glorious” Islamic revolution in Iran, which have included videos on “the achievements of the Islamic revolution”, recitations of the national anthem of the Islamic Republic,

And in March this year a vigil was held outside the Manchester Islamic Centre to mourn the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Indeed, the MIC has also previously hosted celebrations of the life of former Ruhollah Khomeini, the “founder of the Islamic awakening”:

Islamic Centre, Central London

The Islamic Centre, Central London (ICCL) has a longstanding practice of excluding women from the premises. The website of the ICCL currently states the following:

This is not a recent development. The charity’s 2022 annual report states that “we cannot accommodate women for prayers because, due to limitations in the size and layout of the building, we are unable to provide separate facilities for both men and women in compliance with local laws and with Sharia law”.

Organisations linked to the Iranian regime are sponsoring migrants

Islamic Centre of England

It can also be revealed that the Islamic Centre of England (ICE) continues to hold a valid licence to sponsor migrants, despite recent reporting of its direct links to the Tehran regime.

In March the Walney report “Undue Influence” identified ICE as a “central node” in a growing network of British charities that are aligned to Iran. It has also been described as the Iranian regime’s “nerve centre” in the UK and - as reported by The Times - shared leaflets following the Ayatollah’s death advertising an event “to mourn the martyrdom” of Khamenei.

Aliasghar Ramezanpour, deputy minister of culture in the Iranian government between 2000 and 2003, was interviewed by Walney and described ICE as a “kind of a headquarters that supervises all the network [of charities in the UK]”.

The Charity Commission warned the ICE after two events in 2020 that eulogised Qasem Soleimani, the IRGC military commander killed in a US drone strike in Iraq in 2020. It has been subject to a statutory inquiry since 2022.

Its former imam, Seyed Hashem Moosavi, who resigned as secretary in December 2022 according to Companies House, has praised Soleimani as a “dedicated soldier of Islam” who died at the hands of “the most wicked members of the human race”.

Its past director and secretary was appointed to ICE by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in an Israeli airstrike, who oversaw brutal crackdowns on the Iranian people and the repression of dissidents abroad.

On 14th December 2025, ICE held a “grand community bazaar” at which items were being sold that contained messages in support of Hezbollah.

As of 29th May 2026, the Home Office “Register of licensed sponsors: workers” shows that ICE is licenced to sponsor temporary religious workers, skilled workers, and ministers of religion.

Home Office data, obtained by the CMC via FOI (FOI 2025 / 06540) shows that ICE awarded certificates of sponsorship to migrants in 2022 which were then used as part of visa applications - although the number of COS awarded has not been disclosed.

Irshad Trust (t/a The Islamic College)

The Irshad Trust (IT) owns and runs the Islamic College (IC). As identified by Lord Walney:

“ISLAMIC COLLEGE teaching staff and leadership have held senior political and clerical roles in the Iranian regime.”

“In an article about ICAS in The Times in 2006, another IRSHAD TRUST trustee, Abdolhossein MOEZI, was described as a personal representative of KHAMENEI and as a director of ICEL.”

As of 22nd April 2026, the Irshad Trust is licenced to sponsor migrants under the skilled worker visa route, the temporary religious worker visa route, and the ministers of religion visa route.

In July 2023, the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman told the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament:

“it is highly likely that institutions, educational institutions linked with the ICE, including the Irshad Trust, the Islamic College of Advanced Studies and Hawza Ilmiyya also promote ‘Khomenei-ism”

Data received by the CMC, via FOI, shows that the Irshad Trust awarded certificates of sponsorship to migrants in 2023 - although the number of COS awarded has not been disclosed.

The Mosque and Islamic Centre of Brent

Last month, the i paper reported that a preacher at the Mosque and Islamic Centre of Brent (MICB) had praised Ayatollah Khamenei following his death.

On 28 February, following reports of Khamenei’s death, the mosque imam announced the news by telling worshippers: “The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei has passed away.”

He went on: “This might be controversial, but the truth is he stood up for the truth and for the oppressed ones.

“When many were silent he stood up. It is obligatory upon us to pray for the ones who defend the ummah [global Muslim community].

“He, in a very brave manner, specifically for the Muslims of Gaza, supported them, spoke in their favour.

In July 2025, the Charity Commission issued an official warning to the MICB following five speeches given on its premises between November and December 2023.

“Four included inflammatory and divisive content, two contained content that could reasonably be interpreted as encouraging support of Hamas, a proscribed organisation, and one could be reasonably interpreted as discouraging worshippers from engaging with democratic processes.”

As of 29th May 2026, the MICB is registered to sponsor migrants under the charity worker visa route, the temporary religious workers visa route, and the religious ministers visa route.

Data received by the CMC, via FOI, shows that the MICB awarded certificates of sponsorship to migrants in 2023 - although the number of COS awarded has not been disclosed.

Idara-e-Jaaferiya

The Charity Commission is currently conducting an investigation into Idara-e-Jaaferiya (IEJ) after “a volunteer at the Charity gave a Madrassa lesson to children appearing to memorialise Major General Soleimani”.

The Walney report found that “at least as late as January 2025, the school featured images of then Ayatollah KHAMENEI on its walls” and that the IEJ has supported the Al-Quds day marches, which were banned this year by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

One teacher at the school posted an image on social media of a senior HEZBOLLAH commander following his death at Israeli hands in September 2024, describing him as a “martyr” and, the day after the 7 October 2023 terrorist attacks in Israel, posted: “We will make our children soldiers of Imam (Aaj)”.

As of 29th May 2026, Idara-e-Jaaferiya is registered with the Home Office to sponsor temporary religious workers.

Time for control

These findings open up questions as to the security of Britain’s legal migration system and whether the register of licenced sponsors needs an overhaul.

These deeply concerning revelations are the inevitable outcome of a system that is failing at every level. Successive governments have failed to crack down on the number of organisations that are eligible to sponsor migrants.

The result is a growing failure to prevent undesirable individuals from entering Britain legally, a surge in visa fraud and fundamental abuse of the British public’s hospitality.

There is an urgent need for the register of licenced sponsors to be subjected to a thorough review, with tens of thousands of organisations being stripped of the right to award certificates of sponsorship.

The Labour candidate for Makerfield, and the potential future Prime Minister of Britain, Andy Burnham has consistently voiced support for a policy that would allow migrants immediate access to Britain’s welfare state and social housing.

During his tenure as Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham has repeatedly urged ministers to “abolish the no recourse to public funds policy”, a measure that has been standard on temporary visas since 1980 and prevents migrants from immediately accessing Britain’s welfare state.

This is not an inconsequential statement. It is the setting out of a radical policy proposal that is akin to the border policies of the Green Party, which also call for the “abolition” of NRPF.

On Burnham’s mayoral website is a news item from 2019, in which he explicitly calls for a commitment from party leaders to “abolish the no recourse to public funds policy”, something echoed in 2023 when he called for Tory ministers to “end NRPF”. He also called for asylum seekers to be given the right to work, something that would be a huge pull factor and only exacerbate the small boats crisis.

In a 2019 letter to the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Burnham claimed NRPF conditions “legitimised destitution in UK law”. The alternative view is that NRPF conditions put in place a rudimental requirement that migrants who have elected to move to our country do not become immediate burdens.

He insisted that the government cannot tackle homelessness and maintain NRPF conditions, claiming “the two are incompatible”. The mayor does not seem to have considered the idea that a foreign national unable to support themselves should return to their country of origin.

Such was Burnham’s commitment to his policy of scrapping NRPF that he launched a pilot programme in Manchester: “The Living Income Campaign”. The intention of this scheme - which it is hoped could be rolled out nationally - is to top up the incomes of those living with NRPF conditions “to a level that guarantees they can meet their basic needs”. Whilst this pilot deploys charitable funds to achieve proof of concept, the intent is to strengthen the case for migrants with NRPF conditions to have immediate access to state support.

Were Burnham to enact this vision in Number 10, those arriving in Britain on work, study, and family visas would not have to be granted Indefinite Leave to Remain - usually obtainable after five years of residency - in order to access the full British welfare state. They would have immediate access.

NRPF exists to prevent migrants from becoming immediate burdens on the British taxpayer and, as the Home Office itself puts it, to ensure the country’s “finite resources are protected for British citizens and those who have lawfully settled here on a permanent basis”.

There are already legitimate criticisms about whether this position is itself too lenient, and whether foreign nationals should actually receive payouts from the British state at all. Over 2 million foreign nationals claimed benefits last year, and 400,000 foreign national households were in social housing.

Indeed, even the Labour government has published plans to further tighten current settlement rules and extend the period before a migrant can claim settlement (whether they are sufficient is a question for another day).

That Burnham has called so explicitly for access to Britain’s welfare state to be liberalised, not tightened, is perhaps an indication of the direction that he would take Britain were he to win Makerfield and become Prime Minister.

Scrapping NRPF would be a marked departure from the current government which has articulated that “it is a well-established principle that migrants coming to the UK should be able to maintain and support themselves and their families without creating a burden on the welfare system... there are no plans to remove that condition”.

Indeed, there are only a relatively small number of applications, and approvals, for NRPF conditions to be lifted every year, indicating that even the British state recognises it is a condition which must not be eroded. In 2025, there were 3,540 applications for the lifting of NRPF conditions, resulting in 1,954 acceptances.

There are also questions as to whether the removal of NRPF limitations would allow individuals who arrive in Britain illegally via small boat and then submit an asylum claim to also have full access. Indeed, as pointed out by the Migration Observatory, those in Britain illegally (estimated to be a population in the region of one million) are also subject to NRPF. Would such a move entitle these individuals to public funds?

Implications of abolishing NRPF

The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 makes it clear that individuals subject to immigration control are not to have access to public funds, which includes: housing support, universal credit, disability payments, council tax reduction, tax credits, and state pension credits.

There are no official figures on the number of individuals in Britain who have a NRPF condition on their visa. However, data released by the Home Office for December 2025 allows us to see the number of people in Britain, who have arrived since 2008, and are on a visa that typically comes with NRPF conditions.

This shows there are well over 3.3 million migrants, of whom over 2 million arrived between 2023 and 2025, that could potentially benefit from Burnham’s NRPF policy. In other words, were Burnham to become Prime Minister, the Boriswave would not have to wait for settlement before being given access to the welfare state.

In the last twelve months of available data, 611,000 people arrived in Britain on visas that would typically have been issued with NRPF conditions. Without NRPF protections in place, meagre as they are, future cohorts of hundreds of thousands of migrants would be able to access welfare with almost no impediment.

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New research by the Centre for Migration Control reveals that in the last year of available data there were 172,889 foreign national arrests recorded by the 43 territorial police forces of England and Wales and the British Transport Police (BTP).

This is the equivalent of 473.66 arrests a day;

19.7 every hour;

or an arrest every 183 seconds (3 mins, 3 secs).

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The data shows arrests for offences ranging from murder, grooming of children, manslaughter, rape, and possession of a firearm, through to immigration offences - including efforts to facilitate the illegal entry of others - and stalking.

Total arrests: 172, 889

Sexual offences: 11,264

Violent offences: 51,212

Drug offences: 14,035

Theft: 13,681

About the data

The Freedom of Information requested was as follows:

“Please provide within 20 working days data for the year ending 31 March 2025:

The total number of arrests of foreign nationals made by your police force for the year ending 31 March 2025.

The total number of arrests of foreign nationals made by your police force for the year ending 31 March 2025 for the following offence categories:

- Sexual offences
- Violence against the person
- Drug offences
- Theft”

Of the 44 police forces, 39 responded, showing a total of 163,009 arrests.

• 50,507 of these were for violent offences

• 11,271 of these were for sexual offences

• 13,864 of these were for drug offences

• 13,400 of these were for theft.

However, the number of migrant arrests across these forces will actually be higher. This is because, whilst the FOI request made it clear it was interested in the number of foreign national arrests, several police forces interpreted this as the number of foreign nationals arrested. This will have the effect of understating the total number of arrests because an individual can be arrested for multiple offences at once.

Of these 39 police forces, 36 provided information on the number of arrests for drug, violence, sexual and theft offences. Surrey and Greater Manchester police were unable to provide all of this information in a usable format, whilst the City of London has woeful data practices and thus did not have a breakdown by offence category.

Supplementary data from the five non-responsive forces

Of the 5 forces which were unable/unwilling to provide a response, the CMC has data from a previous FOI request (covering 1st January 2024 to the end of October) which will allow us to supplement the above data.

The Freedom of Information request (sent 24th October 2024) was as follows:

“a) the total number of arrests made by your organisation since 1 January 2024

b) the number of arrests of foreign nationals by your organisation since 1 January 2024

c) If possible, a breakdown of the alleged crimes committed by arrested foreign nationals since 1 January 2024.

d) If possible, a breakdown of arrested non-UK nationals by their nationality”

There were 9,880 arrests recorded in the data provided by these 5 police forces, with 880 sexual offence arrests.

Of course, given that these figures only encompass the first ten months of 2024, rather than April 2024 - March 2025, they do not cover the exact same 12 month period as data from the other 39 police forces. They do, however, cover seven months of the same period, and thus provide an indication.

The numbers provided will be an underestimate of the actual number of annual arrests, given it is data for a ten month period rather than a full twelve.

Why did these police forces not provide the information?

There is immense public interest in this type of information at the moment. In July 2025 there were allegations of a cover-up levelled against Warwickshire police as officials were hesitant to release details on the nationality and immigration status of tho man charged with raping a 12-year-old girl in Nuneaton.

The council leader of Warwickshire, George Finch went over their heads, informing the public that it was an Afghan illegal migrant who had committed the crime.

Since then, police forces have been advised that it is important to release details regarding a suspect’s nationality and ethnicity at the earliest opportunity.

Transparency is essential for the public to understand the true impact that mass migration has had, and is having, on our streets.

Despite this push, five police forces were unable to provide information to the CMC on the number of foreign national arrests between April 2024 and March 2025 - displaying woeful data handling practices. This was due to a combination of factors staff incompetence (Merseyside in particular), redundancies (West Mercia), improper advice from data analysis teams to disclosure officers (Cheshire). The result is that these forces have falled foul of FOI laws, and the public is kept in the dark.

In Essex, where the local constabulary should be aware of the importance in providing such information due to justifiable anguish regarding the Bell Hotel, the CMC did not receive any acknowledgement of the request until 18th December (the request was sent on 7th November). Even then, we were simply told “the level of service provided has been below what is expected. Our attention is focused on your request and we shall shortly be contacting you, please rest assured that the level of service from this department is our priority”. We are still awaiting their response.

Police forces are required to alert Immigration Enforcement when they hold a foreign national in custody so that immigration status checks can be conducted. This data therefore exists, and yet the government refuses to publish it despite repeated attempts by parliamentarians. Similarly, as the below FOI response from Derbyshire Constabulary shows, information on crimes committed by asylum seekers in hotels is held, but is not being released on spurious grounds.

The public is not allowed to know the impact of mass migration, and the Channel crisis, because authorities believe it will cause discontent. A better way to circumnavigate this discontent, perhaps, is for the government to pursue policies that prioritise the safety and wellbeing of the public.

There is an important point here. It is sadly inevitable that we will see more high-profile instances of migrant crime in the coming weeks and months. The public will be rightly angry and demand answers. If police forces - especially those covering large populations such as Merseyside - are beset with internal incompetence and faulty practices, there is a real risk that answers cannot be given to vital questions and that the much-needed national conversation is stymied.

What we already know about migrant crime

The Ministry of Justice refuses to publish comprehensive data on migrant crime, but we have enough of a snapshot to know that it is a significant problem.

• There are nearly 11,000 foreign nationals in Britain’s prisons.

• There are 19,000 foreign national offenders who are liable for deportation after having committed serious crimes, but yet have been released back into the community.

• There were 130,000 foreign national convictions between 2021 and 2024.

• In 2024, foreign nationals accounted for over a quarter of sexual assault convictions and 22% of rape convictions.

• Certain nationalities - such as Afghans and Eritreans - are 20 times more likely to be convicted of sexual offences than Brits.

• In London up to 47% of those charged for sexual offences were foreign nationals in 2024.

What needs to happen?

• Follow the example set by Donald Trump and introduce a ‘red list’ of countries that are unable to obtain visas.

• Amend legislation so that any foreign national convicted of a crime immediately becomes liable for deportation and, crucially, actually begin deporting them (not bribing them to leave as the Labour government is doing and as we saw in the case of child sex offender Hadush Kebatu).

• Make it an aggravating offence to commit a crime in Britain as a foreign national.

• Make it a requirement for all migrants, not just those on certain visa routes, to produce a Criminal Record Certificate for countries where they have resided.

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Between January 2023 and April 2025, there were 198,771 “adverse sanctions” issued by the Department for Work and Pensions against foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit.

Over the same time period, there were a total of 1,356,226 adverse sanctions applied. This means that 14.6% of all adverse sanctions applied over the time period were migrants.

Those receiving Universal Credit, and out of work, are required to enter into a “claimant commitment” with the DWP that includes “appointments with their work coach”, “updating their CV”, “searching for jobs”.

Universal Credit claimants are “sanctioned” when they fail to demonstrate that they are honouring the terms of their “commitment”.

In just 28 months, there were nearly 200,000 instances where an individual had failed to adhere to these pretty modest requirements - which works out at just over 1,600 a week.

Of the 50,655 sanctions issued in April 2025, 7,752 (15%) were against migrants.

In January 2023, there were 5,494 sanctions applied against migrants, but by April 2025 this had increased to 7,752. That is an increase of 41%.

Breakdown

Nationality: There were 99,269 sanctions against EEA nationals, 73,134 against non-EEA nationals, and 26,368 sanctions against migrants whose nationality could not be determined.

Immigration Status: There were 118,563 sanctions against those on the EU Settlement Scheme, 8,092 sanctions against those on humanitarian routes, 29,182 against refugees, 27,737 against those with Indefinite Leave to Remain, 12,732 against those with Limited Leave to Remain, and 2,465 on other or undeterminable immigration statuses.

About ‘adverse sanctions’

To receive Universal Credit, a claimant must commit to a “claimant commitment” which sets out what is expected from them. These “work-related requirements” are designed to ensure those in receipt of public support are not simply drifting into idleness.

Individuals earning the full-time National Minimum Wage, are disabled or have long-term illness, are over pension age, or are the lone carer for a child under one, are not usually required to enter into “work-related requirements”,

For others, either out of work completely, or working less than it is judged that they could, there are a scale of fairly modest requirements that they must meet to justify their continued receipt of state support.

• ‘Work-focused interview requirements only’: periodic interviews to discuss their potential to return to work.

• ‘Work preparation and work-focused interview requirements’: attendance at skills assessments, training, improvement in personal presentation, undertaking work experience.

• ‘All work-related requirements’: spend a set number of hours each week looking for work, take a job offer, or a better paid job, if it arises.

A sanction reduces Universal Credit payments to the individual by 100% for each day that it is in place. The duration varies. At the lowest level, a sanction will simply be in place from the data of the missed appointment until the claimant arranges a new one, at the highest level they will last for three months.

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New research from the Centre for Migration Control shows the huge fiscal problems that face Britain if Indefinite Leave to Remain is not overhauled to prevent the ‘Boriswave’ obtaining settled status.

The data, extracted by HMRC from its PAYE Real Time Information and Migration Worker Scan dataset, provides the earnings of 1.6m recent migrants across these 66 nationalities, broken down by paybands.

As of December 2024, there were nearly 879,000 payrolled foreign nationals who registered for a National Insurance number (NINO) between 2021 and 2024 (the period of the ‘BorisWave’) and are earning less than the median British employee.

There have been outlandish claims made by open-border advocates, who have claimed that recent migrants from countries such as Nigeria and India are earning more than the average Brit. This data, provided directly by HMRC, shows that these individuals are lying.

The total numbers:

HMRC provided the Centre for Migration Control with data of 66 nationalities that had more than 2,000 payrolled employees who had registered for a NINO between 2021 and 2024.

In December 2024, the median monthly employee pay for British nationals on a payroll was £2,470.

As of December 2024, there were 879,200 recently payrolled foreign individuals who had a median monthly pay that was less than £2,470. (Note, a proportion of this number are likely to be students, who are restricted to 20 hours of work during term time).

An overwhelming majority of these payrolled individuals came from just five countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Bangladesh.

It is worth noting that almost all Ukrainians who registered during this period did so under the humanitarian schemes established following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. It is expected that a vast majority of these will return home once the war reaches a conclusion. This will not be the case with Indians, Pakistanis, Nigerians, and Bangladeshis, where a significant proportion will remain in order to obtain settled status.

Of the 66 nationalities in the data provided by HMRC, 35 of these had a majority of payrolled employees earning less than the British median salary. These nationalities accounted for a total of 1,257,800 (78.4%) of the payrolled individuals provided by this data .

There were 30 nationalities that had a majority of 2021 - 2024 NINO payrolled employees earning more than the British median. These nationalities accounted for just 21% of the data provided by HMRC.

Median monthly salary by nationality

Recently payrolled individuals from 39 nationalities had median pay that was below the British median. This includes nationalities that made up a large part of the ‘BorisWave’, including India (£2,283), Nigeria (£2,460), China (£2,246), Pakistan (£1,906), and Bangladesh (£1,876).

These 39 nationalities accounted for 1,247,200 recently payrolled individuals, which is 77.8% of the available data.

The 20 nationalities with the highest median wage for payrolled employees were:

However, between them, these nationalities accounted for just 175,400 (13.3%) of foreign payrolled employees who had recently registered for a NINO.

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The Home Office is currently looking to procure support for its “Home Office Returns Reintegration Programme” (HORP).

This scheme looks to support illegal migrants and foreign criminals who have either voluntarily returned to their country of origin or, more concerningly, have been deported from Britain.

There was justifiable outrage last month when the illegal migrant and child sex offender, Hadush Kebatu was given a £500 bung to return to Ethiopia.

Other reporting has revealed that foreign criminals who are returning to their country of origin are being paid up to £2,000. These returns are taking place under the Facilitated Return Scheme, which offers criminals and illegal migrants a sum of money so that they agree to return.

They are classified as “voluntary returns” and are often used as a cheaper alternative to fully-fledged deportations, or “enforced returns”, which estimates suggest cost the British taxpayer £15,000.

The number of actual deportations taking place has plummeted in recent years. In 2004, there were 21,425 enforced returns. By 2024, this had fallen to just 8,169, with a nadir during the period of 2020-2022 due to Covid.

The Labour government has been relatively unsuccessful in increasing the number of enforced deportations, having achieved just 9,071 in their first 12 months.

This means when Labour politicians, such as the immigration minister Mike Tapp, claim they achieved “record deportations”, they are lying.

Both centre-right parties in the UK have emphasised that they will look to increase the number of actual deportations undertaken over the course of the next parliament.

However, the fact that the Home Office is now seeking an expression of interest for a government contract (that will run from 2026 until 2028) suggests that we will require a future overhaul of how this process is being managed.

About HORP

Read the early engagement notice here: The Home Office Returns Reintegration Programme (HORRP)

Earlier this month the Home Office put out a call for an expression of interest to gauge potential support from suppliers.

It is made very clear that “the programme supports voluntary and enforced individuals returning from the United Kingdom (UK), including those returning from the community and Foreign National Offenders.”

In other words, those that the UK has had to drag kicking and screaming out of the country will be eligible to receive this support.

The type of support that will be provided includes:

• Pre-departure information and airport reception and transportation;

• The provision of temporary accommodation;

• counselling and mental health support;

• signposting to locally available services;

• redocumentation;

• assistance with setting up a business;

• accessing educational opportunities;

• and vocational training.

Many in the country will be aghast at the idea that the British government will be paying to support individuals who have either entered our country illegally, or come to our country and been convicted of heinous crimes (such as Hadush Kebatu).

We have no moral or legal duty to support these individuals, and are especially under no obligation to help them access training, set up a business, or provide them with mental health support.

This is particularly pertinent when one considers the trauma that Kebatu’s victim suffered when she discovered that he had received £500 from the British government. She said it was “like he got paid for what he had done to me”.

The Home Office states that it has a responsibility to undertake this reintegration support due to Objective 21 of the United Nations’ Objective 21 of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, a deal that Britain was dragged into by Theresa May. The deal requires Britain to reduce the burden on receiving states and to help support the needs of individuals.

The scheme currently applies to the following countries:

Albania, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Jamaica, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Vietnam.

The Home Office is looking to extend this provision to: Algeria, DRC, Morocco, Somalia, and Sri Lanka.

This list of countries would mean that in the last 12 months, there would be 16,803 individuals who were returned (either voluntarily or enforced), who would be eligible to receive this support.

The scheme will also siphon off taxpayer money into the pockets of anti-British NGOs and campaign groups that masquerade as charities - giving them further financial firepower to help fight any future policy looking to restrict immigration:

Not only is the Home Office helping foreign rapists, predators, and illegal migrants set up businesses or get mental health support which is often unavailable to their British victims, but is financially supporting groups that fight for open borders.

Extending a financial offering to those who are being deported, not just those who are voluntarily returning, is egregious. It will increase the costs of deportation and undoubtedly act as a further pull factor.

A 2019 Impact Assessment by the Home Office shows the department assumed that between 3.5million and 4.1million individuals would settle in Britain under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS).

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We are currently seeing an almost-daily release of news stories that reveal the true scale of the migrant crime crisis gripping Britain.

We know from MoJ data that, last year, a quarter of sexual assault and rape convictions were foreign nationals.

In London, foreign nationals accounted for over 40% of charges for sexual assault, despite accounting for just 25% of the population.

The Casey Report into the rape gangs found that ‘asylum seekers’ were involved in the sexual exploitation of young British girls.

The five nationalities most likely to cross the English channel on small boats saw a 110% increase in sexual offence convictions between 2021 and 2024.

This piece sets out just some of the crimes committed by illegal migrants (often called “asylum seekers” by those with a political agenda) that have been reported in 2025. (Note: these are based on the date of the reporting, not the date of the offence)

This is a problem that is afflicting every corner of our country, from Moray to St Ives, from Cardiff to East Anglia, and yet there has thus far been little recognition from politicians that we are facing a national security emergency.

The list does not include the broader problems involved with our border, assimilation, and asylum policies. As such, the heinous attacks on the Manchester synagogue - carried out by a refugee -, the Southport murders - carried out by the child of an asylum seeker -, or the countless crimes committed by those who arrived legally, are not included.

50 case studies which show how the political class have failed the public:

Elgin, Moray:

Afghan migrant, Rapualla Ahmadze told a vulnerable teenager, struggling with her mental health, that he was now her boyfriend. He then dragged the 17-year-old towards a play park before raping her. He will be sentenced this month.

(Reported on 30/10/25, The Times)

Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire:

Kuwaiti migrant, Zayed Alanzi was jailed for just 12 months following a sexual assault in the early hours of 28th April, 2025/

Alanzi demanded the suicidal mother come back with him to the migrant hotel that he was staying at. When she refused he grabbed her by the cheeks, squeezed her face, kissed her on the mouth and forced his tongue inside

(Reported on 21/7/25, Daily Express)

Brighton, East Sussex:

The Iranian, Abdulla Ahmadi, and the Egyptians, Karin al-Danasurt and Ibrahim Alshafe were arrested and each charged with two counts of rape that took place on a Brighton beach.

The rape ‘allegedly’ took place in the early morning of Sunday 5th October, 2025 by the lower esplanade of Brighton beach. All three migrants required an interpreter when appearing in court.

(Reported on 16/10/25, Telegraph)

Charing Cross, London:

Egyptian, Moustafa Elbohy is a failed asylum seeker who ‘allegedly’ raped a woman at Charing Cross railway station as she went home from a night out.

He did not speak a word of English and used a translation app to tell the woman “I want to f**k you”. He the grabbed the woman and raped her twice before she escaped by climbing over a wall.

Elbohy’s defence lawyer shamelessly claimed that he should be given bail because “he suffers from claustrophobia which will naturally be a problem within the prison environment. He gets extremely anxious.”

(Reported on 31/10/25, Metro)

Lambeth, London:

Kamran Khan, from Pakistan, ‘allegedly’ raped and sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl twice between September 2024 and July 2025.

He also forced the primary school pupil to watch sexual activity with him on multiple occasions. Appearing in court for the first time, he spoke through an urdu interpreter. His trial is scheduled for January next year.

(Reported on 5/8/25, The Sun)

Hyde Park, London:

In September, Abdelrahmen Adnan Abouelela, from Egypt, was jailed for eight years following a rape in Hyde Park.

In November 2024, the illegal migrant approached a woman who was walking home from a night out and then proceeded to rape her in a secluded spot.

He will be subjected to a deportation order but, due to his claims that he was tortured in Egypt, he will undoubtedly fight this order and thus make his removal difficult to achieve.

(Reported on 16/9/25, The BBC)

Crewe, Cheshire:

Taha Derwish, a Libyan staying in a migrant hotel on Nantwich road, grabbed at a school girl as she walked past the Royal Hotel. He has rightly been arrested for sexual assault. He should not have been in the country. The Home Office rejected his asylum claim but, due to the weakness of the asylum system, he was still in the country whilst he appealed this decision.

(Reported on 25/9/25, Crewe Nub)

Didsbury, Greater Manchester:

Tadi Alemeyeha, who only speaks Amharic (spoken in Ethiopia) required an interpreter as he appeared in court in August.

He is ‘accused’ of sexually assaulting a woman.

(Reported on 11/9/25, Manchester Evening News)

Derby, Derbyshire:

The Somalian, Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur, who arrived in Britain on a small boat, “calmly” walked into a bank and stabbed the father Gurvinder Johal through the heart. He has been jailed for life.

It was revealed that Nur had accumulated a litany of convictions in other European countries. That these had not been identified is indicative of how dangerously inept our border controls are at identifying security threats.

(Reported on 29/10/25, BBC)

Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire:

Sheraz Malik required the use of a Pashto (spoken in Pakistan and Afghanistan) interpreter as he appeared in court facing three charges of rape and the possession of cannabis. The ‘alleged’ attack took place in Sutton Lawn on 29th June.

His trial will begin on 12th January 2026.

(Reported on 20/8/25, NottinghamshireLive)

Walsall, West Midlands:

In October 2024, Deng Chol Majek, from Sudan, followed the hotel worker Rhiannon Whyte to the Bescot Stadium station where he savagely stabbed her 23 times with a screwdriver. He was then seen dancing and drinking after the attack.

Whyte died three days later.

We do not know the actual age of Majek, an illegal migrant, and thus the judge requires an age assessment be conducted before he is sentenced.

(Reported on 24/10/25, BBC)

Epping, Essex:

In July, Hadush Kebatu, from Ethiopia, sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl and a woman whilst staying in the Bell Hotel. In September he was jailed for just twelve months.

He accidentally escaped police custody in late October and a two-day manhunt ensued. The Home Office then paid this sexual predator £500 so that he would agree to this deportation back to Ethiopia.

Following the high-profile nature of this case, Sky News disgracefully platformed the criminal and gave him an opportunity to tell his side of the story.

(Reported on 23/9/25, BBC)

Horley, Surrey:

Qais Al-Aswad is an illegal migrant from Syria who sexually assaulted three different women in just three weeks over May and June this year. These assaults included grabbing bottoms and pubic areas whilst riding a bicycle (why did he have access to a bicycle?)

He was given a suspended prison sentence and a pitifully lenient community order of just 200 hours unpaid work. His defence was that he was unfamiliar with the laws of Britain.

(Reported on 22/10/25, BBC)

Cardiff, Glamorgan:

The Syrian, Fawaz Alsamaou has been jailed for over three years following a terrifying sexual assault in Cardiff city centre. A woman walking home from a night out was strangled and sexually assaulted by Alsamaou under a railway bridge.

He has been told that he is likely to be deported. But this is contingent on whether appeals are lodged by the Syrian.

(Reported on 31/10/25, BBC)

Newport, Monmouthshire:

The Islamic extremist Hakan Barac, from Turkey, was sentenced to three years in prison for supporting Islamic State, distributing terrorist materials, and glorifying Osama Bin Laden.

(Reported on 7/4/25, BBC)

Hillingdon, London:

The Afghan illegal migrant, Safi Dawood is “accused” of murdering Wayne Broadhurst as he walked his dog. Despite breaking into Britain in 2020, the authorities gave Dawood leave to remain in the country.

In late October, Dawood ‘allegedly’ stabbed his landlord and a 14-year-old before fatally stabbing Broadhurst.

(Reported on 28/10/25, BBC)

Bournemouth, Dorset:

In May the Libyan, Ibrahim Zouari and the Tunisian, Houssine Nouira chased hotel workers with knives because they did not like the food that they were being served.

Zouari received a litany of other convictions after this incident, including assault on an emergency worker, and has now been jailed. His lawyer, seemingly from Hill Twine Solicitors, sought to downplay his actions by arguing that he suffered hardship in Libya because his family were pro-Gadaffi. He apparently wishes to work in construction if he is given refugee status in Britain

(Reported on 27/10/25, Telegraph)

Bournemouth, Dorset:

On 6th July, the Syrian illegal migrant Mohammed Abdullah ‘allegedly’ raped a 19-year-old girl in a public toilet at Bournemouth beach. He required an Arabic interpreter when entering a not guilty plea at court. He has been bailed and his trial will begin in early May.

The government had given this man leave to remain in the country after accepting his asylum claim.

(Reported on 14/8/25, The Sun)

Bournemouth, Dorset:

Shkar Jamal, from Iraq, received a community order of just 100 hours unpaid worker after threatening a man with a snooker cue.

The starting point for such an offence is a six-month custodial sentence. But witless magistrates told Jamal that “we are not unsympathetic to your position. Whilst you made an error of judgement, since then you have conducted yourself with dignity and that helps to rehabilitate yourself in the eyes of the law.”

They finished their remarks by saying to the illegal migrant: “We wish you good fortune for the future.”

(Reported on 26/10/25, The Sun)

Southampton, Hampshire:

The Sri Lankan illegal migrant, Sukirthan Thangrasha has been charged with immigration violations, indecent exposure, and public order offences that took place over the summer. The police were spotted near a school conducting enquiries in relation to this case.

A trial date has been set for March next year.

(Reported on 19/9/25, Southampton Times)

Portsmouth, Hampshire:

A migrant staying at the Royal Beach Hotel in Southsea, Portsmouth, was jailed for 10 years after a violent sex attack on a woman in her 40s. Rabie Knissi, 33, pushed the woman against a parked car and tried to rape her.

He was convicted of attempted rape, assault by penetration, and actual bodily harm.

(Reported on 26/7/25, Talk)

Maidstone, Kent:

In July, the Afghan Shafiullah Rasooli was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women whilst he delivered food to their door.

He was using his friend’s registration details to work in the country illegally, thus demonstrating how food delivery companies, coupled with councils and charities bending over backwards to give hotel migrants bicycles, has led to a huge security problem.

He attempted to claim that “hugging to the side” was a common way of saying goodbye in Afghanistan..

(Reported on 29/10/25, LBC)

Oxford, Oxfordshire:

Iranian, Amin Abedi Mofrad, raped and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl, on her way back from an under-18s disco, near Westgate Shopping Centre in Oxford on 14 February 2024. He has previously been convicted of eleven offences in Germany.

His lawyers argued that his immigration status should not be reported.

The Sun won a significant victory in allowing the details of this case to be reported. Without this battle, the public would not have been aware that this individual was someone seeking asylum in Britain.

(Reported on 12/10/25, The Sun)

Swindon, Wiltshire:

The illegal migrant Abdul Hamed, was convicted in December last year after climbing through the window of a woman’s home in the middle of the night and raping her twice. The woman’s children were also in the house.

(Reported on 11/12/24, BBC)

Swindon, Wiltshire:

In March an illegal migrant from Sudan, Abdulmawal Ibrahim Adam, attempted to kidnap a 17-year-old girl as she walked home from work. He will be sentenced in December.

He had tried to talk to the girl, and then began following her once she ignored him. He then sprinted after her, grabbed her and attempted to drag her across a road. He had already served seven months in prison for entering the UK illegally. If he had been deported, rather than simply released, then this crime would not have taken place.

(Reported on 15/10/25, Express)

Nuneaton, Warwickshire:

A 12-year-old girl was ‘allegedly’ raped in Nuneaton by Ahmad Mulakhi (who faces two rape charges) and Mohammad Kabir (who is charged with kidnap, strangulation and aiding and abetting the rape of a girl aged under 13).

Inexplicably, Warwickshire police refused to provide the immigration status of these two men. However, council leader George Finch confirmed that the two men were illegal migrants seeking asylum.

(Reported on 4/8/25, BBC)

Handsworth, Birmingham:

Mohammed Wahid Mohammed is a Syrian illegal migrant who raped a 12-year-old girl after giving her crisps and a vape. Before his attack, he told the girl it was “not safe on the streets” and took her into a shop where it seems that he was working illegally.

He then led her upstairs an raped her. He was given 12 years in prison and told by the judge that he “could be deported”. Many will be concerned as to why there is any equivocation about this fact.

(Reported on 24/7/25, ITV)

Swansea, West Glamorgan:

Iraqi Kurd, Shalw Jamel was caught selling cannabis on the streets of Swansea whilst also working illegally in a car wash. A clear example of how criminal networks are a driving voice behind illegal migration and that many aren’t simply coming here to ‘claim asylum’.

He will serve up to half of a 12 month prison sentence before being released.

(Reported on 10/4/25, WalesOnline)

Hounslow, London:

Illegal migrant Ahmed Ebid, from Egypt, organised the crossings of 3,781 migrants from Libya to Italy whilst living in Hounslow. He has previously been convicted of drug offences in Europe, and was clearly masterminding a sprawling network of illegal migration. Yet, he was allowed to claim asylum in Britain.

(Reported on 22/5/25, SWLondoner)

Southwark, London:

The Afghan Fayaz Khan, who has an AK-47 face tattoo, filmed himself threatening to “pop,pop,pop” the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

He was sentenced to five years in prison, but has since posted videos of himself within prison being aggressive and confrontational.

(Reported on 14/10/25, Sky News)

Epping, Essex:

The illegal migrant Mohammed Sharwarq will return to Syria after serving a prison sentence for assaulting four people. He was also meant to stand trial for sexual assault but prosecutors dropped that charge. Two of the individuals assaulted were members of staff.

He spoke in court through an interpreter, as a pattern of aggressive behaviour was set out.

(Reported on 30/9/25, Sky News)

Westminster, London:

Three Iranian men broke into Britain, claimed asylum and then ‘allegedly’ undertook work on behalf of the Iranian intelligence service.

Mostafa Sepahvand, Farhad Javadi Manesh, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, are being held in a high-security prison having entered not guilty pleas.

(Reported on 17/5/25, Sky News)

Cardiff, Glamorgan:

The Iraqis Karwan Muhammad and Ahmad Arshad were arrested in August 2024, having been found in possession of 7kg of cannabis, worth £75,000. One of the two was also involved in the supply of class A drugs.

Defence lawyers put forward the mitigation that, because they were both failed asylum seekers, they had no recourse to public funds and were not allowed to work. Why did the authorities not remove them rather than allow them to engage in criminality?

(Reported on 15/2/25, WalesOnline)

Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire:

The Iranian illegal migrant, Ahmadreza Khalafi was granted the right to remain in the country by the authorities.

In May he was arrested for rape and six other sexual offences against an 18-year-old woman. He will face trial in December.

(Reported on 28/7/25, Bishop’s Stortford Independent)

York, North Yorkshire:

Eid Anwar Fathi Najjar, from Egypt, dragged a lone woman out of a nightclub before raping and sexually assaulting her in an alley. He required an Arabic interpreter during court proceedings.

He will be sentenced on Thursday 4th December.

(31/10/25, The Press)

Falkirk, Stirlingshire:

In June, the Afghan illegal migrant, Sadeq Nikzad was jailed for 9 years after raping a 15-year-old girl. He followed the girl through Falkirk town centre repeatedly asking for her phone number and uttering sexual remarks. He then led her to a courtyard where he carried out the attack.

He was convicted in March, but refused to accept that he had done anything wrong, displaying an alien and medieval cultural attitude towards women and girls.

(Reported on 18/6/25, Sky News)

Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham:

Al-Najjar Amir Abdulrahim, from Gaza, ‘allegedly’ had sexual communications with a 14-year-old girl for nearly two months. He then arranged to meet the child to have sexual intercourse.

It is unclear how he arrived in Britain, but he was receiving free English language lessons at a local college - at the taxpayers’ expense of course.

(Reported on 26/9/25, The Sun)

Middlesborough, Teeside:

Earlier this year Moussa Ibrahim, from Sudan, exposed his penis in front of children and urinated at a playpark. He had previously appeared in court for theft offences and, by the time of this offence had already accumulated a series of convictions. It is unclear why he had been allowed to remain in the country.

(Reported on 15/8/25, TeesideLive)

Stockport, Greater Manchester:

Edris Abdelrazig, from Sudan, ‘allegedly’ attempted to kidnap a 10-year-old girl whilst she was with her father at a park.

(Reported on 3/8/25, The Sun)

Attleborough, Norfolk: Two Albanians who entered the country illegally were caught running an “industrial” cannabis farm in the Norfolk countryside which was producing £3m worth of the drug. (25/5/25, Mercury)

Hale, Greater Manchester: A convicted paedophile on the run from German authorities has been arrested at the Britannia Ashley Hotel in Hale, which has been housing asylum seekers since February 2023. (31/10/25, Altrincham Today)

Rochdale, Greater Manchester: Iranian arrested over London terror plot was asylum seeker living in taxpayer funded home (11/5/25, Standard)

Leeds, West Yorkshire: Asylum seeker tried to torch Leeds home because he ‘did not get the help he wanted’ (25/6/25, Yorkshire Evening Post)

Falkirk, Stirlingshire: Man accused of flashing and performing sex acts at window of asylum seeker hotel (12/9/25, STV News)

St Ives, Cornwall: Second home owner shocked to find asylum seeker cooking in his kitchen (28/10/25, Cornwall Live)

Canary Wharf, London: Migrant staying at Canary Wharf hotel arrested after ‘walking into blind woman’s flat’ (15/8/25, The Standard)

Eastbourne, East Sussex: Libyan migrant, 24, who arrived in Britain by small boat is arrested after three people injured in knife attack (15/8/25, Daily Mail)

Oxford, Oxfordshire: Asylum seeker jailed for biting rare plant and stealing (18/10/25, ThisIsOxfordshire)

Norwich, Norfolk: Asylum seeker in Norwich jailed over online sex offences (19/6/25, Eastern Daily Press)

Norwich, Norfolk: Jail for asylum seeker who raped woman in Norwich centre (30/4/25, Norwich Evening News)

Rugby, Warwickshire: Ahmed Muhammad Almahi was charged with sexual assault on a female(6/8/25, BBC)

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Iraqi asylum seeker faces deportation after throwing bricks in Hanley riots (16/9/25, StokeOnTrentLive)

This list is far from exhaustive, and in many instances the authorities are simply concealing the immigration status of those being charged with certain crimes.

More dangerously, mainstream media outlets have resorted to lies, misquotes, and basic statistical mistakes in order to try and conceal this problem.

Reporting by Sky News’ “data journalist” Daniel Dunford is the most egregious example of this, having undertaken a cackhanded attempt to “fact check” claims made by politicians regarding migrant crime, and the overrepresentation in certain nationalities in official statistics.

However, Dunford was found to have lied to the ONS to elicit a comment which suited his agenda. His “fact check” relied on quotes provided by the Met Police that the force later admitted had been “incorrect” due to “genuine human error”. He also revealed his inability to comprehend basic migration statistics by confusing the data category “foreign national” with “foreign born”. He also made up fake quotes that he attributed to Oxford academics.

The result was a piece that subsequently had to issue three corrections and make at least six amendments to the original text.

For more information of how the mainstream media deliberately lie to conceal the scale of the problem:

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New research by the Centre for Migration Control (CMC) reveals that there are at least 1.9m foreign nationals claiming benefits in the United Kingdom.

In July, the DWP finally published data on the number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit.

It was revealed that, in June 2025, there were 1.26m foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit, having risen from 883,000 in 2022.

More recently, the Telegraph revealed that foreign nationals received £10.1bn in Universal Credit payments in 2024.

This figure looks set to balloon further in 2025, as foreign nationals received £941m in March 2025 alone, up from £726m just twelve months earlier.

Between March 2022 and March 2025, the UK spent £24.79bn on Universal Credit payments to households containing non-UK/Irish nationals.

Universal Credit represents just one type of benefit that eligible foreign nationals are able to claim, yet the DWP has so far refused to publish data on other benefit types, such as PIP, housing benefit and child allowance.

Data obtained by the CMC from the ONS shows that hundreds of thousands of foreign nationals are claiming other benefit types than Universal Credit.

The Labour Force Survey conducted between April and June 2025 shows that there were 623,377 foreign nationals claiming a benefit, or combination of benefits, that did not include Universal Credit.

This includes 474,321 just claiming child allowance, 69,561 just claiming pension benefits, 70,788 just claiming sickness/disability benefits, 15,891 just claiming housing benefit, and 10,558 claiming both housing benefit and child allowance.

This would mean that in June 2025 there were at least 1.88m foreign nationals receiving benefits from the British state.

In total there were 383,011 EU nationals claiming a non-UC benefit combination and 240,366 non-EU nationals claiming a non-UC benefit combination.

However, the Labour Force Survey is known to under-report the number of benefit claimants. This was confirmed by the ONS who told the CMC that “under-reporting of benefits in surveys is a known issue”.

A recent DWP review into the family resources survey also found that “estimates have consistently undercounted actual benefit and tax credit caseloads over time”.

This would mean that the number of foreign nationals claiming a non-UC benefit is likely much higher.

To try and ascertain the rate of underreporting, the CMC compared the number of foreign nationals Universal Credit claimants recorded by the LFS with official DWP data.

As noted above, the DWP records that in June 2025 there were 1.26m foreign nationals receiving Universal Credit, yet the LFS records just 657,219.

This means that the LFS underreports the number of foreign nationals claiming UC by 91.7%.

Were a similar underreporting to have taken place with foreign nationals claiming non-UC benefits, the figure would increase from 623,377 to 1.19m.

The potential conclusion to be drawn from this is that there are up to 2.45m foreign nationals claiming both Universal Credit and non-Universal Credit benefits.

Universal Credit combinations

Overall, the LFS reports that, including those on UC, there are nearly 123,000 foreign nationals in receipt of housing benefit, 158,000 in receipt of sickness or disability benefit, and a staggering 811,000 in receipt of child allowance.

It suggests that, of those foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit, 40% are claiming no other benefit type in tandem.

A further 36% are claiming Universal Credit in tandem with child allowance, 7.7% are claiming Universal Credit along with disability or sickness benefits, 5% along with both housing benefit and child allowance, and 3% along with both child allowance and sickness or disability benefits.

Estimates released earlier this month by the Office for National Statistics suggest that there were around 8m foreign nationals living in the United Kingdom in 2024. This would mean that a quarter of foreign nationals living in the UK are on some form of welfare support from the British state.

Of course, many foreign nationals living in Britain are not yet eligible to claim benefits as they have no recourse to public funds (NRPF).

Estimates by the Centre for Policy Studies suggest that of those millions of foreign nationals who arrived under the last Conservative government, and the so-called ‘BorisWave’, 800,000 will ultimately go on to receive Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).

Oxford’s Migration Observatory has suggested that at the end of 2024 there were 430,000 foreign nationals living in the UK with ILR. Shockingly, DWP data shows that in May 2025 there were 208,251 people with this status who were claiming Universal Credit - a staggering proportion of the total number with this status.

Benefits Claimed Combinations By Nationality, Aj25

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The LFS itself reveals interesting data on the routes that foreign national benefit claimants used to arrive in the UK.

35% (663,000) of all benefit claims were made by foreign nationals who had arrived in the UK to work.

9.4% (179,500) of all claims were made by foreign nationals who had arrived in the UK to study.

30% (580,000) of all claims were made by foreign nationals who had arrived in the UK as a dependant or family member. Nearly two thirds of these claims (61%) were made by non-EU nationals.

7.5% (144,000) of all claims were made by foreign nationals who had arrived in the UK as someone seeking asylum.

Noting the massive underestimate it has made of UC claimants, the data from the LFS is nonetheless startling in and of itself.

It suggests there were 1,897m active benefit claims made by foreign nationals between April and June 2025, new research by the Centre for Migration Control can reveal.

54% of those claims were made by EU nationals (1,027,000) and 46% by non-EU nationals (869,000).

A further 1,479m claims were made by foreign born individuals who now held British citizenship.

This means, in total, there were 3,376m benefit claims being made by individuals who were born outside of the UK.

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