By Ben Kerrigan-
The Home Secretary has sent out an urgent warning today to dangerous foreign criminals and immigration offenders in the UK that the government will not rest until they are removed and our streets are made safer.
The vow comes as new statistics show the Home Office has removed 1,741 foreign national offenders (FNO) from the UK since the start of 2022, including 487 Albanian FNOs. Almost 1,000 Albanians in total (FNOs and immigration offenders) have been returned.
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The renewed focus on removals, part of the New Plan for Immigration, is fulfilling the government’s commitment to keep the British public safe and tackle illegal migration.
Following a number of legal challenges to immigration on Human Rights grounds, the British government is intensifying its efforts to ensure foreign criminals cannot be stopped from being removed from the Uk
Last week, Attorney general, Suella Braverman, highlighted flaws in the way Strasbourg has operated in interpreting laws in a way that is contrary to the legally binding norms of convention interpretation. She said the rule of law and democracy were being undermined by the Strasbourg Court deciding matters of policy that should be determined by the democratically elected branch of government .
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Yesterday, the Home Secretary agreed a landmark deal with Pakistan, to remove Pakistani nationals with no legal right to remain in the UK, including criminals, failed asylum seekers and immigration offenders.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said:
‘This work shows we will stop at nothing to remove those with no right to be here and I am proud that we have removed almost 1,000 Albanian foreign national offenders and immigration offenders this year so far, including some who crossed the Channel illegally to come to the UK.
I want to be crystal clear though that this is just the beginning. I have tasked Home Office teams to renew their pursuit of dangerous criminals who devastate lives and communities and leave their victims and families to pick up the pieces. They must be swiftly removed so we can make our streets safer.
The British public rightly expect us to crack down hard on those abusing the system which is why our new Nationality and Borders Act will help end the cycle of last-minute claims and appeals that can delay removals.
Today, Home Office statistics show the UK has removed 1,741 foreign national offenders since January 1, 2022
487 FNOs removed to Albania, including individuals convicted of rape, sexual offences, indecent assault of a minor, death by dangerous driving, facilitating illegal entry to the UK, trafficking, kidnap, robbery, carrying weapons, dealing Class A drugs.
In terms of violence and burglary the 487 criminals had 606 convictions between them . In July 2022, 243 foreign national offenders were removed from the UK on both charter and scheduled flights
Albanian foreign national offenders returned this year include:
An individual sentenced to 18 years for Class A (cocaine) drug supply worth more than £2 million, was returned on a charter flight in June and an individual sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for intent to supply Class A drugs, was returned on a charter flight in July.
The individual was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and to meet a child following grooming, was returned on a charter flight in June
The UK also removed immigration offenders and illegal migrants who had entered the UK clandestinely – via small boats or hidden in lorries.
Immigration offenders and illegal migrants also removed an individual first encountered in June 2022 following his arrest on suspicion of driving with excess drugs. He claimed to have entered the UK in the back of a lorry in 2021 but did not make himself known to authorities. The individual was detained for removal to Albania and agreed voluntarily to return in July 2022.
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