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Yvette Cooper has no idea what she is doing (Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publis)
You would think that in a country supposedly run by adults, with a bloated state apparatus and endless surveillance powers, the Government would be able to answer one basic question: how many asylum seekers have committed sexual offences in the UK?Apparently not. Both the Crown Prosecution Service and the Home Office have admitted they don’t know. That’s not to say the numbers don’t exist – but collecting them would require manually trawling through thousands of case files. And even then, there’s no guarantee the immigration status was ever recorded. It’s a staggering admission of incompetence. Or worse, a wilful refusal to know.
The British public is not stupid. The recent protests and anger in Epping and Nuneaton aren’t driven by blind bigotry, but by sheer frustration. People are angry. Angry that strange men from alien cultures are being plonked into their communities. Angry that mothers have to worry about their daughters walking past hotels now used to house men with unknown backgrounds.
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In Nuneaton, Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch has alleged that two men charged in connection with the rape of a 12-year-old girl are asylum seekers. In Epping, another asylum seeker was charged with sexually assaulting a minor, sparking protests.
These aren’t isolated cases. They’re part of a broader pattern. Yet the state can’t, or won’t, track it. The CPS can tell you that over 13,000 people were convicted of sexual offences last year, but they can’t tell you how many were asylum seekers. That’s either gross negligence or a deliberate decision to keep the public in the dark.
Meanwhile, as taxes soar and public services collapse, tens of thousands of mainly young male asylum seekers are being put up in hotels and private accommodation. They receive weekly stipends, free healthcare, access to education, and all the benefits of a country that is visibly on the decline. And while many contribute nothing, some are actively harming the people who opened their doors.
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This is not about demonising all asylum seekers. It’s about holding people accountable. When someone crosses the Channel in a dinghy, fleeing war or just economic hardship, and ends up raping a child in the country that gave them sanctuary, it is a slap in the face. The outrage is not irrational; it’s human.
Of course, British nationals commit sexual offences. No one denies that. But when a foreign national does it, especially one who is supposed to be here under the protection of the state, the betrayal cuts deeper. These people were never owed anything. They were given a chance, and they spat in our faces.
New Ministry of Justice data shows that up to 23% of sex offence convictions were committed by foreign nationals between 2021 and 2023, despite making up less than 10% of the population. Some nationalities are wildly overrepresented. Afghans and Eritreans, for instance, are over 20 times more likely to be convicted of sexual offences than British citizens.
But we’re expected to pretend this is irrelevant, or worse, racist to even mention. That logic is nonsense. Culture matters more than skin colour. British Indians, for example, who make up 2.3% of the population, are underrepresented in sexual offence statistics. Public concern about foreign nationals committing sexual crimes isn’t rooted in racism. It’s rooted in the entirely reasonable expectation that our leaders should protect us.
And what does the Government offer in response? Yet another insulting “solution.”
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The latest farce is the “one in, one out” migrant deal with France. But anyone with eyes can see it’s more like “50 in, maybe one out.” Under the scheme, Britain not only pays to send small boat migrants back to France, but also foots the bill for bringing other asylum seekers deemed to have better odds of success into the UK from France. That’s on top of the hundreds of millions we’re already paying the French to beef up their policing around Calais.
Even worse, the treaty includes a human rights clause that may allow migrants to block deportation just by filing a claim. So once again, we’re back to endless legal loopholes, with the taxpayer left to pick up the tab.
Yvette Cooper, naturally, couldn’t explain when the scheme starts, or how many migrants it would involve. When pressed, she fell back on the usual politician tricks: non-answers, canned talking points, jittery body language. No detail. No conviction. And simply not a clue.
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Meanwhile, the country is falling apart. At any given time, we have fewer than 100 free prison spaces in England and Wales. Our roads are crumbling, the NHS is on its knees, the military is shrinking, and the economy is flatlining. And yet we’re expected to accept all of this, and house people who do not respect our laws, or our women.
No. Absolutely not.
Enough is enough.
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