At least not less than 1,000 Albanian criminals facing deportation are in Britain – with all but 25 are using modern slavery or human rights laws to try to stay here.
This was revealed as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Suella Braverman have unveiled new laws to “stop the boats” and crack down on bogus modern slavery claims.
According to the Home Office report, Albanians are the biggest nationality using the Modern Slavery Act to stay in Britain.
Sexual predators, violent thugs and drug dealers all utilise the system to frustrate legally removing them from the system.
Home Office sources reported that the “shocking” legal obstacles are leaving dangerous convicts free to roam the streets of Britain.
The concerning figures reported confirms the sheer scale of the challenge.
Currently, there are 1,068 Albanian convicts living in Britain. This includes some either in jail or out in the community having been released and facing deportation.
Around one in three (345) claim they are modern slaves in order to block their removal. 268 are claiming asylum, while 95 are appealing rejected asylum claims, whilst many more are in the process of making other legal representations.
Only 25 Albanian criminals have no outstanding legal claims and can actually be deported out of the country.
A source close to Ms Braverman said: “This is a shocking example of the legal obstacles thrown in the way of our immigration enforcement teams who are trying to remove dangerous foreign criminals.
“That includes the abuse of our modern slavery system.
“Nobody can believe more than a third of the criminals who are about to be deported are all genuine modern slaves.
“Yet that’s what the Left would have you believe because we can’t disprove their nonsense and the law is so blatantly weighted in their favour.
“We need to break this cycle for the security of the British people.”
A migrant claiming to be a victim of modern slavery usually has their deportation process paused while their claim is heard.